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ἐγγαστρίμυθος

ἐγγαστρίμυθος, ventriloquist

ἐγγαστρί-μῡθος, ον,
  • ventriloquist, mostly of women who delivered oracles by this means: hence, = ἐγγαστρίμαντις, Hp. Epid. 5.63, Philoch. 192, LXX Le. 19.31, Ph. 1.654, Plu. Def.orac. 2.414e, Luc. Lex. 20; also, the familiar spirit of such a person, LXX 1 Ki. 28.8.

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