πρόμαντις

A. prophet or prophetess, ὦ παῖ πρόμαντι Αατοῦς E. Ion 681 (lyr.).

2. = προφήτης, the representative of the god and the organ of his prophecies, ἡ π. title of the Pythia, Hdt. 6.66, 7.111, 141; τὴν π. τὴν π. τὴν ἐν Δελφοῖς Th. 5.16; Φοίβου π. Neophr. 1.3; also ἡ π. of Apollo at Patara, Hdt. 1.182; ὁ π. of Ptoän Apollo, Id. 8.135; π. δὲ ὁ ἱερεύς ἐστι (sc. Διονύσου) Paus. 10.33.11; Δωδωναίων αἱ π. Hdt. 2.55, cf. Euph. 48; οἱ π. of Apollo at Argos, SIG 735.7 (i B.C.).

II. Adj., prophetic, ἁ π. δίκα justice giving presage of the issue, S. El. 475 (lyr.); θυμὸς π. 'my prophetic soul', E. Andr. 1072: c. gen., τούτων π. οὖσα prophetic, foreboding of a thing, A. Ch. 758, cf. E. Hel. 338 (lyr.), Or. 1445 (lyr.).