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|Definition=ὁ,<br><span class="bld">A</span> a [[large]] [[bird]], [[bird of prey]], οἰωνοί, φῆναι ἢ αἰγυπιοὶ γαμψώνυχες Od.16.216; of the [[eagle]], Κρονίωνι… φίλτατος οἰωνῶν Il.24.293; called οἰωνῶν [[βασιλεύς]] by A.''Ag.''114 (lyr.), Pi.''O.''13.21, cf. Ar. ''Av.''515; ἀρχὸς οἰ. Pi.''P.''1.14; mentioned as [[devour]]ing [[carcass]]es, Il.1.5,22.335, cf. S.''Ant.''205,698, ''Aj.''830; οἰωνοὶ ὠμησταί Il.11.453; θῆρές τ' οἰωνοί τε Emp.21.11,130.2; ὑπ' οἰωνῶν ταφέντα, of [[corpse]]s [[devour]]ed by [[carrion]] [[bird]]s, A.''Th.''1025, cf. S.''Ant.''29; as an image of [[swiftness]], οἰωνοῖς ἅμ' ἕπονται Hes.''Th.''268.<br><span class="bld">2</span> generally, [[bird]]s, opp. [[beast]]s, [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Fragments|Fr.]]''941.11; so in [[οἰωνοκτόνος]].<br><span class="bld">II</span> a [[bird of omen]] or [[bird of augury]], Il.12.237, Od.15.532, Hes.''Op.''801; τοὺς ἄνωθεν φρονιμωτάτους οἰωνούς S.''El.''1059 (lyr.); οὔτ' ἀπ' οἰωνῶν... οὔτ' ἐκ θεῶν του γνωτόν Id.''OT''395, cf. 398; οἰ. αἴσιοι [[Xenophon|X.]]''[[Cyropaedia|Cyr.]]''3.3.22, cf. Il. 12.237, Plu.2.282d; of augurs, καθέζεσθαι ἐπ' οἰωνῶν, ἐπ' οἰωνοῖς καθῆσθαι, Id.''Rom.''22, ''Caes.''47; οἱ ἐπ' οἰωνοῖς ἱερεῖς = the [[augur]]s, Id.''Ant.'' 5.<br><span class="bld">III</span> [[omen]], [[token]], [[presage]], drawn from these birds, Il.2.859, al., cf. E.''Hipp.''873; [[εἷς οἰωνὸς ἄριστος ἀμύνεσθαι περὶ πάτρης]] = the one best [[omen]] is to [[fight]] for [[fatherland]], Il.12.243; οἰωνοὶ ἀγαθοί = [[good]] [[omens]], Hes. ''Fr.''134.11; δέκομαι τὸν οἰωνόν I [[accept]] the [[omen]], [[hail]] it as [[auspicious]], [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]9.91; οὗτος οἰωνὸς [[μέγας]] [[Euripides|E.]]''[[Orestes|Or.]]''788; δέδοικα… τὸν οἰωνόν [[Aristophanes|Ar.]]''[[The Knights|Eq.]]''28; τοῦ ἔκπλου οἰ. ἐδόκει εἶναι Th.6.27; [[οἰωνὸν θέσθαι]] or [[οἰωνὸν τίθεσθαι]] = [[take as an omen]], E.''Ph.''858, Pl.''Alc.''2.151b; εἰς οἰ. τίθεσθαι χρηστόν Plu.''Luc.''36; πρὸς οἰωνοῦ τ. Ath.1.13e; οἰωνόν τινα ποιεῖσθαι Pl.''Lg.''702c; δι' οἰωνοῦ [[λαμβάνειν]], πρὸς οἰωνοῦ λαβεῖν, D.H.2.67,3.13; οἰωνοῦ χάριν Pl.''Mx.'' 249b.<br><span class="bld">IV</span> as adjective, or in apposition, οἰωνὸς θεά the [[bird]] [[goddess]], Lyc.721. [First [[syllable]] short in S.''El.''1059 (lyr.).]