μαντεύομαι μάντις Dep.
2.generally, to divine, presage, augur, forbode, surmise, of any presentiment, Plat., etc.; c. gen., μαντευσόμεσθα τἀνδρὸς ὡς ὀλωλότος Aesch.
3.of animals, to get scent of a thing, Theocr.
II.to consult an oracle, seek divinations, Hdt., attic; ταῦτα καὶ μ. this is the question I ask the oracle, Eur.
III.aor1 and perf. pass. in pass. sense, ἐμαντεύθη an oracle was given, Hdt.; τὰ μεμαντευμένα the words of the oracles, id=Hdt.