ἀλλ' οὐκ οἰωνοῖσιν ἐρύσσατο κῆρα μέλαιναν → by no augury could he ward off black death
hīra: ae, f.,I the empty gut; called also intestinum jejunum, Gr. νῆστις>, Macr. Somn. Scip. 1, 6 fin.; Plaut. Curc. 2, 1, 23; Arn. 7, 24.