The corpus record

θεσπίζω

thespizo

prophesy, foretell

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Where it lives

Oedipus at Colonus 3 · 2.9/10k
Antigone 2 · 2.73/10k
Fragments 1 · 2.51/10k
Agamemnon 2 · 2.47/10k
Ion 2 · 2.19/10k
Eumenides 1 · 1.91/10k
Trachiniae 1 · 1.38/10k
Electra 1 · 1.32/10k
Iphigenia in Tauris 1 · 1.21/10k
Electra 1 · 1.15/10k
Philoctetes 1 · 1.14/10k
Phoenissae 1 · 1.04/10k

Densest 12 of 14 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant — LSJ

prophesy, foretell

prophesy, foretell, τι Hdt. 1.47, al.; τινί τι A. Ag. 1210, E. Andr. 1161:—Pass., τί δὲ τεθέσπισται; S. OC 388, cf. Parth. 35.2.

Pass., c. acc., [χρησμοί,] οὓς ἐθεσπίσθη Μωυσῆς Ph. 2.38.

III decree

of the Emperors, = Lat. sancire, decree, Jul. Ep. 75b, Wilcken Chr. 6.8 (v A.D.), OGI 521.9 (Abydus), Cod.Just. 1.12.3 Intr.

In the wild

ἐθέσπιζον · ethespizon Aeschylus, Agamemnon 1210
θεσπίζειν · thespizein Aeschylus, Agamemnon 1213
θεσπίσασα · thespisasa Aeschylus, Eumenides 921–926
θεσπίζειν · thespizein Epictetus, Fragments (DIORISIS sentence 235)
ἐθέσπισας · ethespisas Euripides, Electra (DIORISIS sentence 620)
ἐθέσπισεν · ethespisen Euripides, Helen (DIORISIS sentence 118)

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Where it came from

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