ἐναίσιμος
σφάγιον ἐπ' ὀλέθρῳ, γυναικεῖον ἀμφικεῖσθαι μόρον → my wife's death, lies upon me, bringing destruction after death | Is it that now there waits in store for me, my own wife's death to crown my misery
English (LSJ)
ον, (αἶσα) Ep. Adj. (rare in Trag.)
A ominous, fateful, οὐδ' ἦλθον ἐναίσιμον (as Adv.) Il.6.519; ὄρνιθας γνῶναι καὶ ἐναίσιμα μυθήσασθαι Od.2.159; οὐδέ τε πάντες ἐναίσιμοι [ὄρνιθες] ib.182; esp. in good sense, seasonable, of omens, ἐ. σήματα φαίνων Il.2.353: generally, favourable, boding good, λιγνὺν ἐναίσιμον ἀΐσσουσαν A.R.1.438. II of persons, their thoughts, etc., righteous, ἀνὴρ ὃς ἐ. εἴη Od.10.383; οἵ τινές εἰσιν ἐ. οἵ τ' ἀθέμιστοι 17.363; ᾧ οὔτ' ἂρ φρένες εἰσὶν ἐ. (of Achilles) Il.24.40, cf. Od.18.220; ἐμοὶ νόος ἐστὶν ἐ. 5.190; so τοῦτό γ' ἐναίσιμον οὐκ ἐνόησεν 2.123, 7.299; ἐ. τίει [βίον] A.Ag.775(lyr.); γῆρας γὰρ ἐ. ἄνδρατίθησιν makes him honoured, Opp.H.1.683. 2 of things, fit, proper, ἐ. δῶρα διδοῦναι ἀθανάτοις Il.24.425, cf. h.Cer.369. Adv. -μως fitly, becomingly, αἰνεῖν A.Ag. 916; μή νυν ὑπέρβαλλ', ἀλλ' ἐ. φέρε E.Alc.1077.
German (Pape)
[Seite 825] Schicksal verkündend, vorbedeutend; ὄρνιθες Od. 2, 181; σήματα, vom Blitz, Il. 2, 355; vom Seher, ἐναίσιμα μυθήσασθαι, das Schicksal eröffnende Worte, Od. 2, 159; ὄρνιθος ὄσσα Ap. Rh. 1, 1087; adverbialisch, ἐναίσιμον ἦλθον Il. 6, 519, zur rechten Zeit; vgl. Ap. Rh. 1, 438, dem Schicksale entsprechend, schicklich. Von Menschen, billig, gerecht, Od. 10, 383; Ggstz ἀθέμιστος, 17, 363; νόος, φρένες, 5, 190 Il. 24, 40; ἐναίσιμον οὐκ ἐνόησε Od. 7, 299; ἐναίσιμα ἐργάζεσθαι 17, 321; βίος Aesch. Ag. 751; ἐναίσιμα δῶρα, gebührende, Il. 24, 425; γῆρας ἐναίσιμον ἄνδρα τίθησιν, ehrwürdig, Opp. H. 1, 683. – Adv., ἐναισίμως αἰνεῖν, geziemend, Aesch. Ag. 890; φέρειν Eur. Alc. 1077.
