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Ἐχθροῖς ἀπιστῶν οὔποτ' ἂν πάθοις βλάβην → Minus dolebis, quo hostibus credes minus → Dem Feind misstrauend bleibst von Schaden du verschont

Menander, Monostichoi, 164

English > Greek (Woodhouse)

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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).