Οἰωνισάμενος
divining
Translated by Catharine Roth8 Mar 2004Vetting: high5 revisions
Translation
Greek original · Adler’s text
Οἰωνισάμενος· μαντευσάμενος, ὀττευσάμενος. δαιμονίως πως οἰωνισάμενος τὸ μέλλον.
Betacode
*oi)wnisa/menos: manteusa/menos, o)tteusa/menos. daimoni/ws pws oi)wnisa/menos to\ me/llon.
Notes (2)
- 1For the headword (an aorist participle, presumably extracted from the quotation which follows) cf. generally omicroniota 161, omicroniota 162, omicroniota 163, omicroniota 165. For the second gloss cf. omicron 726, omicron 731, omicron 732. ↩
- 2Tentatively attributed by Adler to either Damascius or Aelian; now Damascius, Life of Isidore fr.14 Zintzen, 10A Athanassiadi. ↩
Linked from5 entries
- ο609Ὀρνιθευομένουbird-divining[Meaning of someone] prophesying through birds.
- ο731Ὀττευσάμενοςdivining from a sound[Meaning someone] taking omens, prophesying.
- ο732Ὀττείαdivination from ominous sounds[Meaning] prophecy.
- οι161Οἰωνίζοντοthey were thinking [something] an omen[Meaning] they were being deterred as if by an evil omen. "The youth hated him and thought him an [ill] omen, but the older men embraced him and praised him." And elsewhere: "[...] with the omens more auspicious and a…
- οι162Οἰώνισμαbird-omenAlso [sc. attested are] 'bird-divinings' [oi)wnismoi/], [meaning] futilities [discovered] through birds.
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Revision history5 revisions · last 8 Aug 2013
- expanded n.2 — David Whitehead
- tweaks — David Whitehead
- modified what I said in n.1 — David Whitehead
- cosmetics — Catharine Roth
- augmented note 1; cosmetics — David Whitehead
- Translated — Catharine Roth