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χρησμοφύλαξ

Third declension Noun; Transliteration:

Principal Part: χρησμοφύλαξ χρησμοφύλακος

Structure: χρησμοφυλακ (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Sense

  1. a keeper of oracles

Examples

  • λαμβάνων δὲ οὐκ αὐτὸσ ἐχρῆτο μόνοσ οὐδ’ εἰσ πλοῦτον ἀπεθησαύριζεν, ἀλλὰ πολλοὺσ ἤδη περὶ αὑτὸν ἔχων συνεργοὺσ καὶ ὑπηρέτασ καὶ πευθῆνασ καὶ χρησμοποιοὺσ καὶ χρησμοφύλακασ καὶ ὑπογραφέασ καὶ ἐπισφραγιστὰσ καὶ ἐξηγητάσ, ἅπασιν ἔνεμεν ἑκάστῳ τὸ κατ’ ἀξίαν. (Lucian, Alexander, (no name) 23:3)

Synonyms

  1. a keeper of oracles

Similar forms

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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