augur
From LSJ
Ἐχθροῖς ἀπιστῶν οὔποτ' ἂν πάθοις βλάβην → Minus dolebis, quo hostibus credes minus → Dem Feind misstrauend bleibst von Schaden du verschont
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
subs.
V. οἰωνόμαντις, ὁ, οἰωνοσκόπος, ὁ.
v. trans.
Forebode: P. and V. μαντεύεσθαι.
Signify, portend: P. and V. σημαίνειν, φαίνειν (Eur., El. 829), V. προσημαίνειν, προφαίνειν.
They took the matter the more to heart because it seemed to augur ill for the success of the expedition: P. τὸ πρᾶγμα μειζόνως ἐλάμβανον . τοῦ γὰρ ἔκπλου οἰωνὸς ἐδόκει εἶναι (Thuc. 6, 27).