The corpus record

θεοπρόπος

theopropos

prophetic, seer, prophet, public messenger sent to inquire of an oracle

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Where it lives

Prometheus Bound 1 · 1.7/10k
Trachiniae 1 · 1.38/10k
Histories 19 · 1.04/10k
Iliad 2 · 0.18/10k
Odyssey 1 · 0.12/10k

What it meant — LSJ

prophetic

prophetic, οἰωνιστής Il. 13.70; ἔπος S. Tr. 822 (lyr.); ἦτορ Q.S. 12.534.

2 seer, prophet

Subst., seer, prophet, Il. 12.228, Od. 1.416; of Moses, Ph. 1.199.

θεοπρόπον, τό, = θεοπροπία, Call. Lav. Pall. 125 (pl.).

II public messenger sent to inquire of an oracle

public messenger sent to inquire of an oracle, Ion. for θεωρός, Hdt. 1.48, al., A. Pr. 659, IG 12(5).141.9 (Paros, iii B.C.), SIG 548.2 (Delph., iii B.C.), Plu. Cim. 18: pl., as pr. n. of a family (= Θεοπροπίδαι, cf. D.L. 2.125), Porph. Abst. 2.9. (-προπο- assim. fr. -προκο-, cf. Lat. procus, precor.)

In the wild

θεοπρόπους · theopropous Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound 658–660
θεοπρόπους · theopropous Herodotus, Histories 1.158.1 (DIORISIS sentence 1117)
θεοπρόπους · theopropous Herodotus, Histories 1.158.2 (DIORISIS sentence 1120)
θεοπρόποι · theopropoi Herodotus, Histories 1.158.2 (DIORISIS sentence 1120)
θεοπρόπους · theopropous Herodotus, Histories 1.174.4 (DIORISIS sentence 1229)
θεοπρόπους · theopropous Herodotus, Histories 1.19.2 (DIORISIS sentence 127)

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Where it came from

Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) Treated in Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) s.v. θεοπρόπος (scan p. 587; entry #2544). Root candidates: *prep-.
Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque Treated in Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque s.v. θεοπρόπος (scan p. 443; entry #3111).

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