μαντεῖον

μαντ-εῖον, [dialect] Ion. and [dialect] Ep. [suff] 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.Ion66.

III method, process of divination, PMag.Lond. 46.1.

IV in pl., rewards of divination, LXX Nu.22.7.