Οἰωνοσκόπος

bird-omen

Translated by Jennifer Benedict7 Jun 2004Vetting: high5 revisions

12 words

Translation

[Meaning] a sign. Also [sc. attested is] "bird-omen-watcher" [oi)wnosko/pos], [meaning] a seer.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Οἰωνός· τὸ σημεῖον. καὶ Οἰωνοσκόπος, ὁ μάντις.

Betacode
*oi)wno/s: to\ shmei=on. kai\ *oi)wnosko/pos, o( ma/ntis. 

Notes

  1. cf. generally omicroniota 165, omicroniota 167
    LSJ s.v. oi)wno/skopos (proparoxytone) at web address 1; in the printed LSJ, the word is abbreviated and the accentuation cannot be determined. All the instances in the TLG are paroxytone, which agrees with grammarians' testimony.

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Revision history5 revisions · last 29 Mar 2021
  1. further expansion — Catharine Roth
  2. expanded note — Catharine Roth
  3. added a link — Catharine Roth
  4. Revised — David Whitehead
  5. another keyword; x-refs; betacoding and other cosmetics — David Whitehead
  6. Translated — Jennifer Benedict

Cite this entry

“bird-omen.” Suda On Line. Tr. Jennifer Benedict. 7 June 2004. <https://www.cs.uky.edu/~raphael/sol/sol-entries/omicroniota/166>. Read at ReadSuda: <https://readsuda.org/omicroniota/166>.

Translation by Jennifer Benedict for Suda On Line, revised by Catharine Roth, David Whitehead, licensed CC BY-NC-SA 1.0. Shown unchanged, under the same licence, non-commercially. Licence & terms

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