ὀττεύομαι
ὀττεύομαι, 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. NA 1.48 : 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. NA 3.9 (
ὀπυίουσιν cj. Pierson
Moer. p.279 P.):
κλῃδονίζομαι was the equiv. Hellenic form, acc. to
Moer. l. c.
ShortDef
divine from an ominous voice
Debugging
Headword (normalized):
ὀττεύομαι
Headword (normalized/stripped):
οττευομαι
URN:
urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionary-entries.atlas_v1:lsj-75721
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{'content': '<div class="entry"> <span class="orth greek">ὀττεύομαι</span>, Att. for <span class="foreign greek">ὀσσεύομαι</span> (which does not occur), <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-1"> <span><strong>A).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">divine from an ominous voice</span> or <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">sound</span> (<span class="etym greek">ὄσσα</span>)<span class="foreign greek">, ὀττευομένη δὲ κάθηται</span> she sits <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">looking for omens</span>, of a lover, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg007.perseus-grc1:597" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg007.perseus-grc1:597/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ar.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Lys.</span> 597 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">ταῖς τούτων κληδόσι</span> by the cries of children, <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Plu.</span> 2.356e </span>; <span class="quote greek">πρὸς [κόρακος] βοήν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0545.tlg001:1:48" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0545.tlg001:1.48/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ael.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">NA</span> 1.48 </a> : generally, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">have forebodings of</span> a thing, <span class="quote greek">τὸ μέλλον</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0543.tlg001.perseus-grc1:27:16:5" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0543.tlg001.perseus-grc1:27:16:5/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Plb.</span> 27.16.5 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">τι περὶ τῶν ὅλων</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0543.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1:11:15" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0543.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1:11:15/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> 1.11.15 </a> : c. (acc. et) inf., <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">augur that</span> .. , <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg2034.tlg004:33" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg2034.tlg004:33/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Porph.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Antr.</span> 33 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0062.tlg046:19" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0062.tlg046:19/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Luc.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Lex.</span> 19 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>II).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">regard as ominous</span>, <span class="foreign greek">τὴν τύχην, τὸ ἔργον</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0081.tlg001:9:23" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0081.tlg001:9.23/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">D.H.</span> 9.23 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0081.tlg001:55" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0081.tlg001:55/canonical-url/"> 55 </a>: hence, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">deprecate as ill-omened</span>, <span class="quote greek">πάντα τῦφον</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0081.tlg001:2:19" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0081.tlg001:2.19/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> 2.19 </a> .—The Act. <span class="foreign greek">ὀττεύουσιν</span> prob. f.l. in <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0545.tlg001:3:9" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0545.tlg001:3.9/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ael.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">NA</span> 3.9 </a> (<span class="foreign greek">ὀπυίουσιν</span> cj. Pierson <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Moer.</span> p.279 </span> P.): <span class="foreign greek">κλῃδονίζομαι</span> was the equiv. Hellenic form, acc. to <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Moer.</span> </span> l. c.</div> </div><br><br>'}