Οἰώνισμα
bird-omen
Translated by Jennifer Benedict8 Jun 2004Vetting: high3 revisions
Translation
Also [sc. attested are] 'bird-divinings' [oi)wnismoi/ ], [meaning] futilities [discovered] through birds.1
Greek original · Adler’s text
Οἰώνισμα. καὶ Οἰωνισμοί, αἱ διὰ τῶν πτηνῶν περιεργίαι.
Betacode
*oi)w/nisma. kai\ *oi)wnismoi/, ai( dia\ tw=n pthnw=n periergi/ai.
Notes (1)
- cf. generally omicroniota 160, omicroniota 161, omicroniota 163.
- 1George the Monk, Chronicon 237.14-15. ↩
Linked from3 entries
- ο609Ὀρνιθευομένουbird-divining[Meaning of someone] prophesying through birds.
- οι160Οἰωνισάμενοςdivining[Meaning one who is] prophesying, foreseeing. "By some supernatural means divining the future."
- 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…
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Revision history3 revisions · last 9 Nov 2014
- coding — Catharine Roth
- Revised — David Whitehead
- modified translation; augmented notes and keywords; betacoding and other cosmetics — David Whitehead
- Translated — Jennifer Benedict