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swear, aver, believe, and the like; so after ὄμνυμι, Il. 9.133, Od. 5.179, Hdt. 1.165, 2.179, Ar. V. 1047, etc.; μαρτυρῶ Lys. 7.11, D. 45.15, etc.; ὁμολογῶ Pl. Prt. 336b, Smp. 202b, cf. Phd. 93d, etc.; ἐγγυῶμαι Pi. O. 11(10).18, Pl. Prt. 336d; πέπεισμαι Id. Ap. 37a, etc.; πιστεύω And. 1.2, X. An. 1.9.8, etc.: occasionally with other Verbs, φημί Id. Mem. 1.2.39, Pl. Tht. 155a; λέγω, προλέγω, Th. 5.49, 1.139; πάντες ἐροῦσι μή . . X. Cyr. 7.1.18; νομίζω ib. 7.5.59, Th. 6.102; ἡγοῦμαι Pl. Ap. 27d: very freq. in later Gr., Ev.Matt. 2.12, Luc. Peregr. 44, etc.
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give a response to those who consult it, LXX Je. 33(26).2, al., D.S. 15.10, JAJ 11.8.4, Plu. Def.orac. 2.435c, Porph. Abst. 2.48; διʼ ὕδατος Iamb. Myst. 3.11; of gods, give ear to, χ. τοῖς εὐχομένοις Luc. Pseudol. 8:— Pass., receive an answer, warning, in NT of divine warnings or revelations, Ev.Matt. 2.12, etc.; ὑπʼ ἀγγέλου Act.Ap. 10.22; ἦν αὐτῷ κεχρηματισμένον a warning had been given him, Ev.Luc. 2.26; χ. ὑπὸ δαιμονίων καὶ φαντασίας εἰδώλων Vett.Val. 67.5.