ἐγγαστρί-μῡθος, ον,
ventriloquist, mostly of women who delivered oracles by this means: hence, ={ἐγγαστρίμαντις}, [[ 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “ἐπιδημίαι” 5.63, 4th c.BC: Philochorus Historicus 192, LXX.Lev.19.31, 1st c.AD: Philo Judaeus 1.654, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.414e, 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Lex.” 20 ] LXX+5th c.BC+]; also, the familiar spirit of such a person, [[ LXX.1Ki.28.8. ] LXX]