Synonyms for omen
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : oh-muhn |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈoʊ mən |
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Définition of omen
Origin :- 1580s, from Latin omen "foreboding," from Old Latin osmen, of unknown origin; perhaps connected with the root of audire "to hear" [OED] or from PIE *o- "to believe, hold as true" (cf. Greek oiomai "I suppose, think, believe").
- noun sign of something to come
- He took it as an omen that the wilderness was deserted, and his confidence was strong.
- Extract from : « The Rock of Chickamauga » by Joseph A. Altsheler
- The dead quiet of the house also oppressed him—like a voice—an omen.
- Extract from : « The Coryston Family » by Mrs. Humphry Ward
- For I will tell you what has happened to me; and I regard the coincidence as a sort of omen.
- Extract from : « Laws » by Plato
- If they come up odd the omen is favourable, and if even it is bad.
- Extract from : « The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India » by R. V. Russell
- It may serve as an example of the branch of the omen literature to which it belongs.
- Extract from : « The Religion of Babylonia and Assyria » by Morris Jastrow
- Reference to minor deities are frequent in these omen texts.
- Extract from : « The Religion of Babylonia and Assyria » by Morris Jastrow
- In some of the prayers a second series of omen indications are given.
- Extract from : « The Religion of Babylonia and Assyria » by Morris Jastrow
- In such a case, the omen has direct bearings on national affairs.
- Extract from : « The Religion of Babylonia and Assyria » by Morris Jastrow
- It was an 'animal of omen,' sometimes good, at other times bad.
- Extract from : « The Religion of Babylonia and Assyria » by Morris Jastrow
- Cracks in the wall were an omen; meeting a snake in the highway was an omen.
- Extract from : « The Religion of Babylonia and Assyria » by Morris Jastrow
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