avis

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.