οἰωνιστής
βίος ἀνεόρταστος μακρὴ ὁδὸς ἀπανδόκευτος → a life without feasting is a long journey without an inn | a life without festivals is a long journey without inns | a life without festivals is a long road without inns | a life without festivity is a long road without an inn | a life without festivity is like a long road without an inn | a life without holidays is like a long road without taverns | a life without parties is a long journey without inns | a life without public holidays is a long road without hotels
English (LSJ)
οῦ, ὁ,
A one who foretells from the flight and cries of birds, Il.2.858, 17.218, Hes.Sc.185 ; θεοπρόπος οἰ. Il.13.70 : in late Prose, Gal.9.833 ;=Lat. augur, D.H. 10.57, D.C.37.27,al.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
οἰωνιστής: -οῦ, ὁ, ὁ προλέγων τὰ μέλλοντα ἐκ τῆς πτήσεως καὶ τῶν κραυγῶν τῶν πτηνῶν, μάντις, οἰωνοσκόπος, Ἰλ. Β. 858, Ρ. 218, Ἡσ. Ἀσπ. Ἡρ. 185· θεοπρόπος οἰωνιστὴς Ἰλ. Ν. 70.
French (Bailly abrégé)
οῦ (ὁ) :
celui qui tire des présages du vol ou du cri des oiseaux, augure.
Étymologie: οἰωνίζομαι.
