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χρησμός

χρησμός, the answer of an oracle, oracular response, oracle

χρησμός, ὁ, (χράω (B) A)
  • oracular response, oracle, Pi. P. 4.60, SIG 1044.49 (Halic., iv/iii B. C.), etc.; χ. ἀσήμους δυσκρίτως τʼ εἰρημένους A. Pr. 662; ἔχρησʼ Ἀδράστῳ Λοξίας χρησμόν E. Ph. 409; σφι χρησμὸν ἔφαινε delivered an oracle to them, Hdt. 1.159; ᾄδειν Th. 2.21 (cf. χρησμῳδός) ; εὔτεκνοι χ. promising happy progeny, E. Ion 424; χ. ἔμμετρος Plu. Pyth. 2.396c; καταλογάδην τοὺς χ. λέγειν ib. 397d; χρησμὸς . . περαίνεται is fulfilled, E. Ph. 1703; χρησμοῦ ὄντος . . τὴν πόλιν διαφθαρῆναι Pl. R. 415c; ὥσπερ χρησμοὺς γράψαντες, i. e. with all solemnity, Lycurg. 92, cf. Isoc. 4.171.

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