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|Definition=μαντική, μαντικόν,<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[prophetic]], [[oracular]], κλέος A.''Ag.''1098; <b class="b3">μ. μυχοί, θρόνοι</b>, Id.''Eu.''180,616; τέχνη Id.''Fr.''350.6; <b class="b3">μ. φῆμαι</b> [[oracular]] [[saying]]s, S.''OT''723; τὸ μ. [[γένος]] = [[μάντεις]], Id.''Ant.''1055; τὸ μ. [[σπέρμα]] E.''IA''520; μ. [[ἐπίπνοια]] = [[prophetic]] [[inspiration]], Pl.''Phdr.''265b; <b class="b3">λόγοι μ.</b> ib.275b; μ. ζῷα Porph.''Abst.''2.48.<br><span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b3">τέχνη μαντική</b> = [[faculty]] [[of divination]], [[prophecy]], S.''OT''709, Arist.''Pol.''1274a28, etc.; more freq. <b class="b3">ἡ μαντική</b> alone, [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]2.49, 4.68; <b class="b3">ἡ… μ. ἡ τοῦ δαιμονίου</b>, of Socrates, Pl.''Ap.''40a: in Poets without Art., A.''Pr.''484, S.''OT''311; also in Pl., μαντικὴν Ἀπόλλων ἀνηῦρεν ''Smp.''197a; μ. [[ἔνθεος]] ''Phdr.''244b, cf. Th.5.103.<br><span class="bld">II</span> of persons, [[like a prophet]], [[oracular]], μ. γὰρ εἶ Pl.''Alc.''1.115a, cf. ''Phd.'' 85b; Comp., Luc.''Hes.''7. Adv. [[μαντικῶς]] Ar.''Pax''1026, [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Symposium|Smp.]]'' 198a, etc.