ἀλλ' οὐκ οἰωνοῖσιν ἐρύσσατο κῆρα μέλαιναν → by no augury could he ward off black death
scissĭo: ōnis, f. id.,I a cleaving, dividing, scission of a number (late Lat.), Macr. Somn. Scip. 1, 6; Vulg. Amos, 6, 12.
scissĭō, ōnis, f. (scindo), coupure, division : Macr. Scip. 1, 6.