avis

An Elementary Latin Dictionary

avis is (abl.avī or ave), f

3 AV-, a bird : cantūs avium: Velatur avibus, i. e. clothed with feathers , O.— Collect. : candida venit avis, the birds , V.—Meton., since omens were taken from birds, a sign, omen, portent : malā ducis avi, H.: Ite bonis avibus, O.: secundis avibus, L.

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