ορνεοσκόπος

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Εὐφήμει, ὦ ἄνθρωπε· ἁσμενέστατα μέντοι αὐτὸ ἀπέφυγον, ὥσπερ λυττῶντά τινα καὶ ἄγριον δεσπότην ἀποδράς → Hush, man, most gladly have I escaped this thing you talk of, as if I had run away from a raging and savage beast of a master

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Greek Monolingual

ο (ΑΜ ὀρνεοσκόπος, Μ και ὀρνοσκόπος)
αυτός που μαντεύει το μέλλον από την παρατήρηση του πετάγματος ή της κραυγής τών πτηνών.
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. < ὄρνεον + -σκοπος (< σκοπῶ), πρβλ. ορνιθο-σκόπος].