οἰωνιστής
From LSJ
ὣς ὁ μὲν ἔνθ' ἀπόλωλεν, ἐπεὶ πίεν ἁλμυρὸν ὕδωρ → so there he perished, when he had drunk the salt water
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.
