water-finder, the art of discovering water
water-finder, Olymp. in Mete. 99.21:—hence ὑδρο-φαντική (sc. τέχνη), ἡ, the art of discovering water, Gp. 2.6.1; also ὑδρο-φαντικά, τά, ibid.
The corpus record
ὑδρο-φάντης
udrophantes · ὁ
water-finder
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What it meant — LSJ
Where it came from
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