οἰωνιστής
οὐ δικαίως θάνατον ἔχθουσιν βροτοί, ὅσπερ μέγιστον ῥῦμα τῶν πολλῶν κακῶν → unjustly men hate death, which is the greatest defence against their many ills | men are not right in hating death, which is the greatest succour from our many ills
English (LSJ)
οἰωνιστοῦ, ὁ, one who foretells from the flight and cries of birds, Il.2.858, 17.218, Hes.Sc.185; θεοπρόπος οἰωνιστής Il.13.70: in late Prose, Gal.9.833;=Lat. augur, D.H. 10.57, D.C.37.27,al.
French (Bailly abrégé)
οῦ (ὁ) :
celui qui tire des présages du vol ou du cri des oiseaux, augure.
Étymologie: οἰωνίζομαι.
German (Pape)
ὁ, Vogelschauer, der aus dem Fluge od. den Stimmen der Vögel weissagt; Il. 2.858, 17.218; auch θεοπρόπος, 13.70; Hes. Sc. 185; und in sp. Prosa, wie D.Cass.; Hesych. erkl. ὀρνεοσκόπος.
Russian (Dvoretsky)
οἰωνιστής: οῦ ὁ птицегадатель Hom., Hes.
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.
English (Autenrieth)
(bird) seer; as adj., Il. 13.70.
Greek Monolingual
οἰωνιστής, ὁ (Α) οιωνίζομαι
οιωνοσκόπος.
Greek Monotonic
οἰωνιστής: -οῦ, ὁ, αυτός που προλέγει το μέλλον από το πέταγμα και τις κραυγές των πουλιών, μάντης, οιωνοσκόπος, σε Ομήρ. Ιλ., Ησίοδ.
Middle Liddell
οἰωνιστής, οῦ, ὁ,
one who foretells from the flight and cries of birds, an augur, Il., Hes.
Translations
augur
Albanian: faltore; Bulgarian: гадател, птицегадател, прорицател; Czech: : augur, ptakopravec; Dutch: waarzegger, wichelaar; Greek: μάντης; Ancient Greek: αὔγουρ, αὔσπιξ, οἰωνιστής, οἰωνόμαντις, οἰωνοπόλος, οἰωνοσκόπος, ὀρνεόμαντις; Esperanto: aŭguristo; Finnish: ennustaja, auguuri; French: augure; Galician: augur; Georgian: მისანი; German: Augur, Wahrsager, Hellseher; Hungarian: augur; Ido: auguristo; Irish: ágar; Italian: augure; Latin: augur, auspex; Macedonian: гатач, авгур; Maori: matakite, matatuhi; Persian: فالگیر, مروانیش; Polish: augur, wróżbita, wróżbitka; Portuguese: áugure; Russian: авгур, прорицатель; Scottish Gaelic: fiosaiche, eun-druidh; Spanish: augur; Turkish: falcı, kâhin