μαντ-εῖον, Ion. and Ep.
μαντ-ήϊον,τό,
A. oracle, i.e.,
I. oracular response, mostly in pl., μαντήϊα Τειρεσίαο
Od. 12.272
, cf. Hes. Fr. 134.9 , Hdt. 2.174 , Pl. Ap. 33c : sg., Hdt. 2.111 , 9.33 , Phld. Mus. p.87 K.
II. seat of an oracle, Heraclit. 93 , A. Eu. 4 , Hdt. 1.46 , Th. 2.17 , Isoc. 6.17 ; τὸ Πυθικὸν μ.
S. El. 33
: in pl. of a single shrine, A. Pr. 831 , E. Ion 66 .
III. method, process of divination,
PMag.Lond. 46.1 .
IV. in pl.,rewards of divination, LXX Nu. 22.7 .