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χρησμῳδία

First declension Noun; Feminine 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: χρησμῳδία

Structure: χρησμῳδι (Stem) + ᾱ (Ending)

Etym.: from xrhsmw|do/s

Sense

  1. the answer of an oracle, a prophecy

Declension

First declension

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • διὰ τοῦτο καὶ πολὺσ ὁ ἐν μέσῳ χρόνοσ ἦν τῆσ τε δόσεωσ τῶν βιβλίων καὶ τῆσ χρησμῳδίασ, ὡσ ἐν τοσούτῳ κατὰ σχολὴν λύοιντὸ τε οἱ χρησμοὶ ἀσφαλῶσ καὶ εὑρίσκοιντο οἱ ἑρμηνεῦσαι δυνάμενοι ἕκαστα. (Lucian, Alexander, (no name) 52:2)
  • ἐγὼ δὲ τὴν σοφιστικὴν τέχνην φημὶ μὲν εἶναι παλαιάν, τοὺσ δὲ μεταχειριζομένουσ αὐτὴν τῶν παλαιῶν ἀνδρῶν, φοβουμένουσ τὸ ἐπαχθὲσ αὐτῆσ, πρόσχημα ποιεῖσθαι καὶ προκαλύπτεσθαι, τοὺσ μὲν ποίησιν, οἱο͂ν Ὅμηρόν τε καὶ Ἡσίοδον καὶ Σιμωνίδην, τοὺσ δὲ αὖ τελετάσ τε καὶ χρησμῳδίασ, τοὺσ ἀμφί τε Ὀρφέα καὶ Μουσαῖον· (Plato, Euthydemus, Protagoras, Gorgias, Meno, 61:2)
  • καὶ γὰρ ἰάματα παντὸσ εἴδουσ καὶ διαλόγουσ τινὰσ εὑρήσει καὶ λόγουσ ἐν μήκει καὶ φάσματα παντοῖα καὶ προρρήσεισ ἁπάσασ καὶ χρησμῳδίασ περὶ παντοδαπῶν πραγμάτων, τὰσ μὲν καταλογάδην, τὰσ δὲ ἐν μέτροισ γεγονυίασ, καὶ χαρίτων πάντ’ ἄξια τῷ θεῷ μειζόνων ἤ τισ ἂν εἰκάσαι. (Aristides, Aelius, Orationes, 2:14)
  • ἢ κράτιστον καὶ τἀν τῷ μέσῳ πάντα ὑπερβάντα ἀποδοῦναι τὸ τέλοσ τῷ πρώτῳ λόγῳ, πῶσ ἔσχε τὰ τῆσ χρησμῳδίασ τῆσ περὶ τῶν ἐτῶν καὶ πῶσ ἅπαντα ἀπέβη; (Aristides, Aelius, Orationes, 6:7)
  • φέρε δὴ τὸν ἐξ ἀρχῆσ ἀποδῶμεν λόγον, καὶ συνάψωμεν ὡσ ἔσχε τὰ τῆσ χρησμῳδίασ τῆσ περὶ τῶν ἐτῶν. (Aristides, Aelius, Orationes, 9:1)

Synonyms

  1. the answer of an oracle

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

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