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|Definition=<span class="bld">A</span> [[give oracles]], [[prophesy]], τισι Ephor.31(b) J.; χ. τάδε πρὸς τὴν ἐρώτησιν ''SIG''557.6 (Magn.Mae., iii B. C.).<br><span class="bld">II</span> mostly in Med. (fut. χρηστηριάσομαι Theopomp.Hist.314), [[consult an oracle]], Hdt.1.55; <b class="b3">χρηστηριάζεσθαι ἐν Δελφοῖσι ἐπί τινι</b> = [[consult]] the [[oracle]] of [[Delphi]] about something ib.66; <b class="b3">χρηστηριάζεσθαι θεῷ</b> [[consult]] a [[god]], Id.7.178; <b class="b3">ἱροῖσι χρηστηριάζεσθαι</b> = [[give oracles by means of victims]], Id.8.134; [[αἰξὶ μάλιστα χρηστηριάζεσθαι]] = [[give oracles by sacrificing goats]] D.S. 16.26; <b class="b3">περί τινος</b> respecting something, Hdt.2.52; <b class="b3">χρηστηριάζομαι εἰ</b> . . to [[ask]] the [[oracle]] [[whether]]... Id.5.67; εἰς ἥντινα παρέσονται χώραν Ant.Lib.8.2:—aor. Pass., τῶν βουλομένων χρηστηριασθῆναι ''IG''9(2).1109.34 (thessaly, ii/i B. C.).