μαντ-εία,
Epic dialect μαντ-είη, Ionic dialect μαντ-ηΐη, ἡ, (μαντεύομαι) prophetic power, power of divination, h. Merc. 533, 547, etc.; μαντείᾳ χρῆσθαι καθ᾽ ὕπνον [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Timaeus” 71d ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; mode of divination, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.57; αἴνιγμα μαντείας ἔδει 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 394; μαντείας δεῖται ὅ τι ποτὲ λέγεις 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Symposium” 206b ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἔτι ταῦτα μαντείας προσδεῖτα; [[ 4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 1.76 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]: plural, divinations, [[ hymnus ad Mercurium 472, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 499 (Lyric poetry), 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.83, etc. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__2 conjecture, ἡ περὶ τὸν θεὸν μ. [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Caelo” 284b3; μαντεία μᾶλλον ἢ κρίσει τἀληθὲς ἀναζητῶν 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Herm.” 49. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__II oracle, prophecy, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Apologia” 29a: _plural_, 7th c.BC: Tyrtaeus Elegiacus 4.2, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 149, 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 6.33 ] Refs 7th c.BC+]; ὡς ἡ ἐμὴ μ. as I divine, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Philebus” 66b. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II.2 oracular, i.e. obscure, expression, [[ [prev. author] “Cra.” 384a. ] Refs]