ὀττεύομαι: Difference between revisions

|Definition=Att. for [[ὀσσεύομαι]] (which does not occur), <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[divine from an ominous voice]] or [[sound]] (ὄσσα) <b class="b3">, ὀττευομένη δὲ κάθηται</b> she sits [[looking for omens]], of a lover, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Lys.</span>597</span>; <b class="b3">ταῖς τούτων κληδόσι</b> by the cries of children, Plu.2.356e; πρὸς [κόρακος] βοήν <span class="bibl">Ael.<span class="title">NA</span>1.48</span>: generally, [[have forebodings of]] a thing, τὸ μέλλον <span class="bibl">Plb.27.16.5</span>; τι περὶ τῶν ὅλων <span class="bibl">Id.1.11.15</span>: c. (acc. et) inf., [[augur that]]... <span class="bibl">Porph.<span class="title">Antr.</span>33</span>, <span class="bibl">Luc. <span class="title">Lex.</span>19</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> [[regard as ominous]], <b class="b3">τὴν τύχην, τὸ ἔργον</b>, <span class="bibl">D.H.9.23</span>, <span class="bibl">55</span>: hence, [[deprecate as ill-omened]], πάντα τῦφον <span class="bibl">Id.2.19</span>.—The Act. [[ὀττεύουσιν]] prob. [[falsa lectio|f.l.]] in <span class="bibl">Ael.<span class="title">NA</span>3.9</span> ([[ὀπυίουσιν]] cj. Pierson <span class="title">Moer.</span>p.279 P.): [[κλῃδονίζομαι]] was the equiv. Hellenic form, acc. to Moer. l. c.</span>