ὀττεύομαι
ῥᾴδιον φθείρειν φαρμακεύσεσιν ἢ ἀποτροπαῖς ἢ καὶ κλοπαῖς → easy to spoil by means of sorcery or diverting or theft
English (LSJ)
Att. for ὀσσεύομαι (which does not occur),
A divine from an ominous voice or sound (ὄσσα) , ὀττευομένη δὲ κάθηται she sits looking for omens, of a lover, Ar.Lys.597; ταῖς τούτων κληδόσι by the cries of children, Plu.2.356e; πρὸς [κόρακος] βοήν Ael.NA1.48: generally, have forebodings of a thing, τὸ μέλλον Plb.27.16.5; τι περὶ τῶν ὅλων Id.1.11.15: c. (acc. et) inf., augur that... Porph.Antr.33, Luc. Lex.19. II regard as ominous, τὴν τύχην, τὸ ἔργον, D.H.9.23, 55: hence, deprecate as ill-omened, πάντα τῦφον Id.2.19.—The Act. ὀττεύουσιν prob. f.l. in Ael.NA3.9 (ὀπυίουσιν cj. Pierson Moer.p.279 P.): κλῃδονίζομαι was the equiv. Hellenic form, acc. to Moer. l. c.
