TBESG:μάντιςa clairvoyant1. one who divines, a seer, prophet , [8th/7th c.BC], etc.:—;as fem. a prophetess , [var. datesTragica Adespota, [Refs 5th c.BC] 2. metaph. a diviner, foreboder , [Refs 5th c.BC] 3. a kind of grasshopper , [Refs 3rd c.BC] (ML)