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.