The corpus record

θεσπῐῳδ-έω

thespiodeo

to be a θεσπιῳδός, sing in prophetic strain

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Where it lives

Agamemnon 1 · 1.23/10k
Phoenissae 1 · 1.04/10k

What it meant — LSJ

to be a θεσπιῳδός, sing in prophetic strain

to be a θεσπιῳδός, sing in prophetic strain, A. Ag. 1161, E. Ph. 959, Ar. Pl. 9, Pl. Ax. 367d; χρησμοὶ τὸ κράτος τῆς οἰκουμένης -ῳδοῦσι Posidon. 36J.

II hold office of θεσπιῳδός, versifier of oracles

hold office of θεσπιῳδός, i.e. versifier of oracles, OGI 530.6 (Amisus), IGRom. 4.1588 (Claros), etc.

In the wild

θεσπιῳδήσειν · thespiōidēsein Aeschylus, Agamemnon 1160–1161
θεσπιῳδεῖν · thespiōidein Euripides, Phoenissae (DIORISIS sentence 578)

Where it came from

No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission. The etymological dictionaries (Beekes, Chantraine, Frisk) are matched incrementally.

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