ἐγγαστρί-μῡθος,ον,
A. ventriloquist, mostly of women who delivered oracles by this means: hence, = ἐγγαστρίμαντις , Hp. Epid. 5.63 , Philoch. 192 , LXX Le. 19.31 , Ph. 1.654 , Plu. 2.414e , Luc. Lex. 20 ; also,the familiar spiritof such a person, LXX 1 Ki. 28.8 .