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ὑποφῆτις

ὑποφῆτις, suggester, interpreter (of oracle)

ὑποφῆτ-ις (properisp.), ἡ,
  • fem. of ὑποφήτης, Ἀφροδίτης (of Phryne) Ath. 13.590e; Ἐνυαλίοιο καὶ Εἰράνας ὑποφᾶτιν . . σάλπιγγα AP 6.46 (Antip. Sid.):—διᾱβολιᾶν ὑποφάτιες prob. purveyors of slander (= ἑρμηνευταὶ καὶ διάβολοι Sch.), perh. in reference to the ποταγωγίδες of Hiero, Pi. P. 2.76: v.l. ὑποφάντιες (lemma in Sch.E), which might be taken as suggestions (Dor. for *ὑποφάνσεις).

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