The corpus record

χρησμῳδ-έω

chresmodeo

deliver oracles, prophesy

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Where it lives

Apology 1 · 5/10k
Ion 1 · 2.49/10k
Apology 2 · 2.29/10k
De Mundo 1 · 1.58/10k
Cratylus 2 · 1.12/10k
Epistles 1 · 0.59/10k
Discourses 1 · 0.13/10k
Republic 1 · 0.11/10k
Laws 1 · 0.1/10k
Histories 1 · 0.05/10k

What it meant

χρησμῳδ-έω · chrēsmōid-eō — LSJ

deliver oracles, prophesy

deliver oracles, prophesy, Hdt. 7.6, Ar. Eq. 818 (anap.), Pl. Cra. 396d; τι X. Ap. 30; τισι Pl. Ap. 39c; τὰ συμφέροντα Epicur. Sent.Vat. 29; χ. ἐμμέτρως Plu. QConv. 2.623c:—Pass., κεχρησμῳδήσθω Pl. Lg. 712a; τὰ κεχρησμῳδημένα Id. Ep. 323c.

II to be inspired, receive a divine revelation

Pass., to be inspired, receive a divine revelation, Ph. 2.384.

In the wild

χρησμωιδεῖν · chrēsmōidein Aristotle, De Mundo (DIORISIS sentence 94)
χρησμῳδεῖ · chrēsmōidei Epictetus, Discourses 3.1 (DIORISIS sentence 3729)
χρησμῳδέων · chrēsmōideōn Herodotus, Histories 7.6.5 (DIORISIS sentence 7056)
χρησμῳδοῦσιν · chrēsmōidousin Plato, Apology 39
χρησμῳδῆσαι · chrēsmōidēsai Plato, Apology 39
χρησμῳδεῖν · chrēsmōidein Plato, Cratylus 396 (DIORISIS sentence 360)

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Where it came from

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