μαντ-εύομαι,
fut. - εύσομαι Od. 17.154, Pi. O. 6.38, A. Ag. 1367, Hdt. 1.46, etc.: aor. ἐμαντευσάμην Pl. [Rev 21:1-27] a, Aeschin. 3.107; poet. μαντευσάμην Pi. O. 7.31: pf. μεμάντευμαι Id. P. 4.163: - Pass., v. infr. IV: (μάντις): -
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1. divine, prophesy, τί μοι θάνατον μαντεύεαι; Il. 19.420; τί νύ μοι μαντεύεαι αἰπὺν ὄλεθρον; 16.859; ἐτεὸν μ. 2.300: abs., οὐ γὰρ ἀπείρητος μαντεύομαι Od. 2.170, cf. 9.510, Il. 1.107; τινι to one, Od. 2.178, etc.: c. dat. modi, draw divinations from or by means of.., ῥάβδοισι Hdt. 4.67: c. acc. cogn., μαντεῖα μ. A. Eu. 716 (s. v.l.).
2. generally, presage, forebode, surmise, of presentiment, opp. knowledge, Pl. Cra. 411b, R. 349a, al.; μαντευσόμεσθα τἀνδρὸς ὡς ὀλωλότος A. Ag. l.c.; ἔστι γὰρ ὃ μαντεύονταί τι πάντες φύσει κοινὸν δίκαιον Arist. Rh. 1373b7; μ. τὸ συμβησόμενον ἐκ τῶν εἰκότων Id. GA 765a27.
3. of animals, get scent of, κύων ἄρτον μ. Theoc. 21.45.
II consult an oracle, seek divinations, Pi. O. 7.31, Hdt. 1.46, 4.172, etc.; ἐν Δελφοῖσι Id. 6.76; ἐπὶ κασταλίᾳ Pi. P. l.c.; περί τινος Id. O. 6.38, Hdt. 8.36; ὑπέρ τινος E. Ion 431; ὁ γὰρ θεὸς μαντευομένῳ μοὔχρησεν ἐν Δελφοῖς ποτε Ar. V. 159, cf. Av. 593; ταῦτα καὶ μ. this is the question I ask the oracle, E. Ion 346; ἐτόλμησε τοῦτο μαντεύσασθαι Pl. [Rev 21:1-27] a; μαντείαν μ. παρὰ τῷ θεῷ Aeschin.l.c.
III later, of the god, give an oracle, ταῦθ’ ὁρῶ τὸν Δία ὑμῖν μαντευόμενον D. 18.253, cf. Luc. Alex. 19, Sol. 9. in later Greek, Act. μαντεύω, Plu. Alex. 75, Arr. Ind. 11.5, X.[Eph 5:4], Him. Or. 10.5, 14.34, 23.23: but aor. Pass., ἐμαντεύθη an oracle was given, Hdt. 5.114: pf. part., τὰ μεμαντευμένα the words of the oracles, ib. 45; τὰ ὑπὸ τοῦ θεοῦ μαντευσθέντα (sic) IG 42(1).122.81 (Epid., iv B.C.), cf. Hld. 7.1.
G3132 — μαντεύομαι
(μάντις (a seer; allied to μανία, μαίνομαι; cf. Curtius, § 429)); from Homer down; to act as seer; deliver an oracle, prophesy, divine: [Act 16:16] μαντευομένη, of a false prophetess (A. V. by soothsaying). The Sept. for קָסַם, to practise divination; said of false prophets. (On the heathen character of the suggestions and associations of the word, as distinguished from προφητεύω, see Trench, N. T. Synonyms, § vi.)
μαντεύομαι
( < μαντίς , a seer, diviner),
[in LXX for H7080, [Deu 18:10], al. ;]
to divine, practise divination: [Act 16:16]. †
SYN.: προφητεύω G4395, q.v. , in distinction from which μ . is used in LXX and NT only of false prophets and those who practise the heathen arts of divination and soothsaying ( cf. [1Sa 28:8], and v. Tr., Syn. , § vi).