obnuntiatio

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

obnuntĭātĭo (obnunc-), ōnis, f. [obnuntio], in the lang. of augurs,

an announcement of an opposing, adverse, evil omen : dirarum, Cic. Div. 1, 16, 29.—In plur.: obnuntiationibus per Scaevolam interpositis, Cic. Att. 4, 16, 7: comitiorum cotidie singuli dies tolluntur obnuntiationibus, id. Q. Fr. 3, 3, 2.

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