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μαντ-εύομαι , fut. -εύσομαι Od.17.154, Pi.O. 6.38, A.Ag.1367, Hdt.1.46, etc.: aor.
3. of animals, get scent of, “κύων ἄρτον μ.Theoc. 21.45.
III. later, of the god, give an oracle, “ταῦθ᾽ ὁρῶ τὸν Δία ὑμῖν μαντευόμενονD.18.253, cf. Luc.Alex.19, Sol.9.
IV. in later Greek, Act. μαντεύω , Plu.Alex.75, Arr.Ind.11.5, X.Eph.5.4, Him.Or.10.5, 14.34, 23.23: but aor. Pass., ἐμαντεύθη an oracle was given, Hdt.5.114: pf. part., τὰ μεμαντευμένα the words of the oracles, ib.45; τὰ ὑπὸ τοῦ θεοῦ μαντευσθέντα (sic) IG42(1).122.81 (Epid., iv B.C.), cf. Hld.7.1.
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