harbinger
From LSJ
οὐχ οὗτός ἐστιν ὁ τοῦ τέκτονος υἱός; οὐχ ἡ μήτηρ αὐτοῦ λέγεται Μαριὰμ καὶ οἱ ἀδελφοὶ αὐτοῦ Ἰάκωβος καὶ Ἰωσὴφ καὶ Σίμων καὶ Ἰούδας; → “Isn't he the carpenter's son? Isn't his mother's name Mary, and aren't his brothers Jacob and Joseph and Shimon and Judah? (Matthew 13:55)
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
substantive
messenger: P. and V. ἄγγελος, ὁ or ἡ, V. πομπός, ὁ.
alas you utter a word that is a harbinger of sorrow: V. αἰαῖ κακῶν ἀρχηγὸν ἐκφαίνεις λόγον (Euripides, Hippolytus 881).
