θεοπρόπος
ον, Subst., τό
A.
prophetic, οἰωνιστής Il. 13.70; ἔπος S. Tr. 822 (lyr.); ἦτορ Q.S. 12.534.
2.
Subst., seer, prophet, Il. 12.228, Od. 1.416; of Moses, Ph. 1.199.
b.
θεοπρόπον,τό,= θεοπροπία, Call. Lav. Pall. 125(pl.).
II.
public messenger sent to inquire of an oracle, Ion. for θεωρός, Hdt. 1.48, al., A. Pr. 659, IG 12(5).141.9 (Paros, iii B.C.), SIG 548.2 (Delph., iii B.C.), Plu. Cim. 18: pl., as pr. n. of a family (= Θεοπροπίδαι, cf. D.L. 2.125), Porph. Abst. 2.9. (‐προπο‐ assim. fr. ‐προκο‐, cf. Lat. procus, precor.)