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.
- εἶτ’ ἔθει δρόμῳ ἐπὶ τὸν ἐσόμενον νεών καὶ ἐπὶ τὸ ὄρυγμα ἐλθὼν καὶ τὴν προῳκονομημένην ^ τοῦ χρηστηρίου πηγήν, ἐμβὰσ εἰσ τὸ ὕδωρ ὕμνουσ τε ᾖδεν Ἀσκληπιοῦ καὶ Ἀπόλλωνοσ μεγάλῃ τῇ φωνῇ καὶ ἐκάλει τὸν θεὸν ἥκειν τύχῃ τῇ ἀγαθῇ εἰσ τὴν πόλιν. (Lucian, Alexander, (no name) 14:1)
- οὗτοσ τοίνυν ἀκούσασ τὰ περὶ τοῦ χρηστηρίου μικροῦ μὲν ἐδέησεν ἀφεὶσ τὴν ἐγκεχειρισμένην τάξιν εἰσ τὸ τοῦ Ἀβώνου τεῖχοσ ἀναπτῆναι. (Lucian, Alexander, (no name) 30:4)
- ἅπερ ὕστερον αἰσθόμενοσ, καὶ ὅτι Ῥουτιλιανὸν ἐγὼ ἀπέτρεπον τοῦ γάμου καὶ τοῦ πάνυ προσκεῖσθαι ταῖσ τοῦ χρηστηρίου ἐλπίσιν, ἐμίσει, ὡσ τὸ εἰκόσ, καὶ ἔχθιστον ἡγεῖτο. (Lucian, Alexander, (no name) 54:7)
- ἔδει δὲ καὶ τὸν ἐπιτάφιον αὐτοῦ ἄξιον γενέσθαι τοῦ βίου, καὶ ἀγῶνά τινα συστήσασθαι ὑπὲρ τοῦ χρηστηρίου, τῶν συνωμοτῶν ἐκείνων καὶ γοήτων, ὅσοι κορυφαῖοι ἦσαν, ἀνελθόντων ἐπὶ διαιτητὴν τὸν Ῥουτιλιανόν, τίνα χρὴ προκριθῆναι αὐτῶν καὶ διαδέξασθαι τὸ μαντεῖον καὶ στεφανωθῆναι τῷ ἱεροφαντικῷ καὶ προφητικῷ στέμματι. (Lucian, Alexander, (no name) 60:2)
- καὶ πλησίον ὄφιν τῷ Ἀπόλλωνι περὶ τοῦ χρηστηρίου μονομαχοῦσαν ἐν Δελφοῖσ γενέσθαι λέγουσι. (Plutarch, Bruta animalia ratione uti, chapter, section 4 13:1)
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)
