χρηστήριον
Second declension Noun; Neuter
자동번역
Transliteration:
Principal Part:
χρηστήριον
χρηστήριου
Structure:
χρηστηρι
(Stem)
+
ον
(Ending)
Sense
- an oracle
- the seat of an oracle
- the answer of an oracle, oracular response
- an offering for the oracle, a sacrificial victim, a victim, sacrifice
Declension
Second 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.
- "τὰ δ’ ἄλλα χρηστήρια, τὸ ἐν Διδύμοισ καὶ τὸ ἐν Κλάρῳ καὶ τὸ ἐν Δελφοῖσ, ἔχουσι τὸν πατέρα τὸν Ἀπόλλω χρησμῳδοῦντα, ἢ ψευδεῖσ εἰσιν οἱ νῦν ἐκπίπτοντεσ ἐκεῖ χρησμοί; (Lucian, Alexander, (no name) 43:13)
- ὦ σύγγον’, ἐλθὼν λαὸν εἰσ αὐτόχθονα κλεινῶν Ἀθηνῶν ‐ οἶσθα γὰρ θεᾶσ πόλιν ‐ λαβὼν βρέφοσ νεογνὸν ἐκ κοίλησ πέτρασ αὐτῷ σὺν ἄγγει σπαργάνοισί θ’ οἷσ ἔχει ἔνεγκε Δελφῶν τἀμὰ πρὸσ χρηστήρια, καὶ θὲσ πρὸσ αὐταῖσ εἰσόδοισ δόμων ἐμῶν. (Euripides, Ion, episode 2:8)
- ἀλλ’ ἐξέπληξάσ μ’, ὄμμα συγκλῄσασα σὸν δακρύοισ θ’ ὑγράνασ’ εὐγενῆ παρηίδα, ὡσ εἶδεσ ἁγνὰ Λοξίου χρηστήρια. (Euripides, Ion, episode4)
- σὺν ἀνδρὶ δ’ ἥκεισ ἢ μόνη χρηστήρια; (Euripides, Ion, episode 1:37)
- τὰ τοῦ θεοῦ γ’ ἐκμαθὼν χρηστήρια. (Euripides, Ion, episode, trochees31)
Synonyms
-
an oracle
-
the seat of an oracle
-
the answer of an oracle
- χρησμός (the answer of an oracle, oracular response, oracle)
- μαντεῖον (an oracular response)
- χρῆσις (the response of an oracle)
-
an offering for the oracle
- θῦμα (that which is slain or offered, a victim, sacrifice)
- θυσίᾱ (victim, offering)
- σφάγιον (a victim, offering)