μάντῐς, ὁ,
genitive εως, Ionic dialect ιος; vocative μάντῐ: plural, genitive μάντεων (written μαντειον [[ “IG” 12.503)] Refs]; dative μάντεσι [[ 6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 545: also _feminine_, _accusative_ _sing._ μάντιδα δάφνην “App.Anth.” 6.122 ] Refs 6th c.BC+]; nominative plural μάντιδες Suid. see at {Σίβυλλα}:— diviner, seer, prophet, ἀλλ᾽ ἄγε δή τινα μ. ἐρείομεν ἢ ἱερῆα ἢ καὶ ὀνειροπόλον [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.62, compare 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 17.384 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; μάντι κακῶν prophet of ill, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.106 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; with the Greek armies, [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Simonides Lyricus 94, “IG” 12.929.129: distinguished from χρησμολόγος, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 8.1; μ. ἀνήρ 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “I.” 6(5).51 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; of Apollo, [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 1202, “Ch.” 559, “Eu.” 169 (Lyric poetry)] Refs 4th c.BC+]; ὁ μάντις μάντιν ἐκπράξας ἐμέ, of Apollo and Cassandra, [[ [prev. author] “Ag.” 1275 ] Refs]; of the Pythian priestess, [[ [prev. author] “Eu.” 29 ] Refs]; of Amphiaraus, [[ [prev. author] “Th.” 382, etc.: with _dative_ _person_, ὁ Θρῃξὶ μ. 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hecuba” 1267 (of Dionysus), compare “Or.” 363: with _accusative_ _neuter_ _pronoun_, μάντις.. οὐ καλὸς τάδε [prev. author] “Heracl.” 65: as _feminine_, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Ag.” [same place], 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 472 (Lyric poetry), 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Medea” 239; μ. κόρα 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 11.33. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__2 metaphorically, presager, foreboder, μ. εἴμ᾽ ἐσθλῶν ἀγώνων [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 1080 (Lyric poetry), compare “Ant.” 1160, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 402; οὐδεὶς μ. τῶν μελλόντων 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 1419 (_anapaest meter_); γνώμη δ᾽ ἀρίστη μ. 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Helena” 757. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]