οἰωνοσκόπος
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From οἰωνός (oiōnós, “bird used in augury”) + σκοπέω (skopéō, “to look, contemplate”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /oi̯.ɔː.nos.kó.pos/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /y.o.nosˈko.pos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /y.o.nosˈko.pos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /y.o.nosˈko.pos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /i.o.nosˈko.pos/
Noun
οἰωνοσκόπος • (oiōnoskópos) m (genitive οἰωνοσκόπου); second declension
- augur, one who foretells from the flight and cry of birds
- Synonyms: αὔγουρ (aúgour), οἰωνῐστής (oiōnistḗs)
Inflection
Second declension of ὁ οἰωνοσκόπος; τοῦ οἰωνοσκόπου (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ οἰωνοσκόπος ho oiōnoskópos | τὼ οἰωνοσκόπω tṑ oiōnoskópō | οἱ οἰωνοσκόποι hoi oiōnoskópoi | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ οἰωνοσκόπου toû oiōnoskópou | τοῖν οἰωνοσκόποιν toîn oiōnoskópoin | τῶν οἰωνοσκόπων tôn oiōnoskópōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ οἰωνοσκόπῳ tôi oiōnoskópōi | οἰωνοσκόποιν oiōnoskópoin | τοῖς οἰωνοσκόποις toîs oiōnoskópois | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν οἰωνοσκόπον tòn oiōnoskópon | οἰωνοσκόπω oiōnoskópō | τοὺς οἰωνοσκόπους toùs oiōnoskópous | ||||||||||
Vocative | οἰωνοσκόπε oiōnoskópe | οἰωνοσκόπω oiōnoskópō | οἰωνοσκόποι oiōnoskópoi | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- οἰωνοσκοπεῖον (oiōnoskopeîon)
- οἰωνοσκοπέω (oiōnoskopéō)
- οἰωνοσκοπῐ́ᾱ (oiōnoskopíā)
- οἰωνοσκοπῐκός (oiōnoskopikós)
Further reading
- οἰωνοσκόπος in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- οἰωνοσκόπος in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- οἰωνοσκόπος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette