Οἰωνοί
birds of prey, omens
Translated by Catharine Roth15 Jun 2005Vetting: high3 revisions
Translation
[Meaning] carrion-eating birds; or signs.1
They used to call all [omens]oi)wnoi/ , including those which were not birds. "Attendant bird." Aristophanes [says this]. Since we are often accustomed to call some of the attendants lovely-footed and good-omened, considering whatever interprets a prophecy to be a bird.2
They used to call all [omens]
Greek original · Adler’s text
Οἰωνοί· σαρκοφάγα ὄρνεα· ἢ σύμβολα. πάντα δὲ οἰωνοὺς ἐκάλουν, καὶ τὰ μὴ ὄρνεα. θεράποντ' ὄρνιν. Ἀριστοφάνης. ἐπεὶ πολλάκις εἰώθαμεν λέγειν τινὰς τῶν θεραπόντων καλόποδας καὶ καλλοιωνίστους. ὄρνιν νομίζοντες πάνθ' ὅσαπερ περὶ μαντείας διακρίνει.
Betacode
*oi)wnoi/: sarkofa/ga o)/rnea: h)\ su/mbola. pa/nta de\ oi)wnou\s e)ka/loun, kai\ ta\ mh\ o)/rnea. qera/pont' o)/rnin. *)aristofa/nhs. e)pei\ polla/kis ei)w/qamen le/gein tina\s tw=n qerapo/ntwn kalo/podas kai\ kalloiwni/stous. o)/rnin nomi/zontes pa/nq' o(/saper peri\ mantei/as diakri/nei.
Notes (2)
- 1Likewise or similarly in other lexica (references at Photius omicron171 Theodoridis) and cf. a scholion on Homer, Iliad 1.5 (web address 1). ↩
- 2Aristophanes, Birds 719 and ('attendant bird') 721 (web address 2), with scholion to the latter; cf. omicron 378, omicron 615. ↩
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
- Web address 2 perseus.tufts.edu
Linked from3 entries
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- οι166Οἰωνοσκόποςbird-omen[Meaning] a sign. Also [sc. attested is] "bird-omen-watcher" [oi)wnosko/pos], [meaning] a seer.
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Revision history3 revisions · last 30 Mar 2021
- cosmeticule — Catharine Roth
- Revised — David Whitehead
- augmented notes and keywords; cosmetics — David Whitehead
- Translated — Catharine Roth