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.
- ἐστρατεύετο δὲ ὁ Κροῖσοσ ἐπὶ τὴν Καππαδοκίην τῶνδε εἵνεκα, καὶ γῆσ ἱμέρῳ προσκτήσασθαι πρὸσ τὴν ἑωυτοῦ μοῖραν βουλόμενοσ, καὶ μάλιστα τῷ χρηστηρίῳ πίσυνοσ ἐὼν καὶ τίσασθαι θέλων ὑπὲρ Ἀστυάγεοσ Κῦρον. (Herodotus, The Histories, book 1, chapter 73 2:1)
- ὅτε ὦν ἐποιεῦντο τὸν θησαυρόν, ἐχρέωντο τῷ χρηστηρίῳ εἰ αὐτοῖσι τὰ παρεόντα ἀγαθὰ οἱᾶ́ τε ἐστὶ πολλὸν χρόνον παραμένειν· (Herodotus, The Histories, book 3, chapter 57 4:1)
- συλλεγομένου δὲ στρατοῦ πολλοῦ, ἐστάλη ἐσ Δελφοὺσ Ἀρκεσίλεωσ χρησόμενοσ τῷ χρηστηρίῳ περὶ κατόδου. (Herodotus, The Histories, book 4, chapter 163 1:2)
- ὥστε ὦν οὕτω φρονέων, ἐπειδὴ ὅ τε Ἀναξανδρίδησ ἀπέθανε καὶ οἱ Λακεδαιμόνιοι χρεώμενοι τῷ νόμῳ ἐστήσαντο βασιλέα τὸν πρεσβύτατον Κλεομένεα, ὁ Δωριεὺσ δεινόν τε ποιεύμενοσ καὶ οὐκ ἀξιῶν ὑπὸ Κλεομένεοσ βασιλεύεσθαι, αἰτήσασ λεὼν Σπαρτιήτασ ἦγε ἐσ ἀποικίην, οὔτε τῷ ἐν Δελφοῖσι χρηστηρίῳ χρησάμενοσ ἐσ ἥντινα γῆν κτίσων ἰῄ, οὔτε ποιήσασ οὐδὲν τῶν νομιζομένων· (Herodotus, The Histories, book 5, chapter 42 3:1)
- ὁ δὲ ἀκούσασ ταῦτα ἐσ Δελφοὺσ οἴχετο χρησόμενοσ τῷ χρηστηρίῳ, εἰ αἱρέει ἐπ’ ἣν στέλλεται χώρην· (Herodotus, The Histories, book 5, chapter 43 2:2)
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)
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an offering for the oracle
- θῦμα (that which is slain or offered, a victim, sacrifice)
- θυσίᾱ (victim, offering)
- σφάγιον (a victim, offering)
