1. one who divines, a seer, prophet , (Homer), etc.:—;as feminine a prophetess , [variant datesTragica Adespota, (Thucydides) 2. metaphorically a diviner, foreboder , (Sophocles Tragicus) 3. a kind of grasshopper , (Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus) (ML)
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G8254 — μάντις
mantis · a clairvoyant · Greek