omen
English
editEtymology
editFrom Latin ōmen (“foreboding, omen”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editomen (plural omens)
- Something which portends or is perceived to portend either a good or evil event or circumstance in the future, or which causes a foreboding; a portent or augury.
- The ghost's appearance was an ill omen.
- A rise in imports might be an omen of economic recovery.
- The egg has, during the span of history, represented mystery, magic, medicine, food and omen.
- 1856, Gustave Flaubert, chapter 10, in Eleanor Marx-Aveling, transl., Madame Bovary, Part 3:
- Day broke. He saw three black hens asleep in a tree. He shuddered, horrified at this omen. Then he promised the Holy Virgin three chasubles for the church, and that he would go barefooted from the cemetery at Bertaux to the chapel of Vassonville.
- A thing of prophetic significance.
- A sign of ill omen.
Synonyms
edit- augury, auspice, forecast, foreshadowing, foretoken, forewarning, harbinger, herald, hint, indication, oracle, portent, prediction, presage, prophecy, sign, signal, token, warning; danger sign, straw in the wind, (hand)writing on the wall; see also Thesaurus:omen
Derived terms
editRelated terms
editCollocations
edit- Adjectives often applied to "omen": good, ill, bad, auspicious, evil, favorable, happy, lucky.
Translations
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Verb
editomen (third-person singular simple present omens, present participle omening, simple past and past participle omened)
- (transitive) To be an omen of.
- (intransitive) To divine or predict from omens.
Synonyms
edit- prognosticate, betoken, forecast, foretell, portend, foreshadow, bode, augur, prefigure, predict, auspicate, presage
See also
editFurther reading
edit- “omen”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “omen”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
Anagrams
editBasque
editEtymology
editUncertain, perhaps from Latin ōmen (“omen”), but the semantic shift is problematic. If it's not a borrowing, from something akin to Proto-Basque *oben.[1]
Pronunciation
editAudio: (file)
Noun
editomen inan
Declension
editindefinite | singular | plural | |
---|---|---|---|
absolutive | omen | omena | omenak |
ergative | omenek | omenak | omenek |
dative | omeni | omenari | omenei |
genitive | omenen | omenaren | omenen |
comitative | omenekin | omenarekin | omenekin |
causative | omenengatik | omenarengatik | omenengatik |
benefactive | omenentzat | omenarentzat | omenentzat |
instrumental | omenez | omenaz | omenez |
inessive | omenetan | omenean | omenetan |
locative | omenetako | omeneko | omenetako |
allative | omenetara | omenera | omenetara |
terminative | omenetaraino | omeneraino | omenetaraino |
directive | omenetarantz | omenerantz | omenetarantz |
destinative | omenetarako | omenerako | omenetarako |
ablative | omenetatik | omenetik | omenetatik |
partitive | omenik | — | — |
prolative | omentzat | — | — |
Derived terms
editParticle
editomen
- reportedly, apparently, I think
- Eguraldia hobetu omen da. ― It seems like the weather has improved.
Usage notes
editIn Basque, yes/no questions require a modal particle. The most common one is al, which introduces no additional meaning. For tentative questions, ote is used. The related particle omen indicates hearsay, but it's not used to form direct questions. All these particles are placed immediately before (auxiliary) verb forms.
Derived terms
editReferences
edit- ^ “omen” in Etymological Dictionary of Basque by R. L. Trask, sussex.ac.uk
Further reading
edit- “omen”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy], Euskaltzaindia
- “omen”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005
Latin
editEtymology
editFrom Old Latin osmen, of uncertain origin, with many origins proposed:
- Ancient authors derived it from ōs (“mouth”).
- Derived from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ew- (“to see, perceive”) (whence audiō)[1] or from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ew- (“to perceive”), whence Ancient Greek
ο ἴομαι (oíomai, “I think, believe, suppose”).[2] - Per Beneviste and Oettinger, connected to Hittite [script needed] (hā-ᶻᶦ, “to believe, trust”) via a supposed Proto-Indo-European *h₂e/oh₃-s-mn (“trust”). De Vaan considers this semantically unconvincing.[3]
- Per De Vaan (who doubts the authenticity of the Old Latin form osmen), most likely from Proto-Italic *okʷsmn- (“sighting, omen”), from an s-present form of Proto-Indo-European *h₃ekʷ- (“to see; eye”) + *-men (whence -men).[3]
- An alternative theory by Meier-Brügger derives the word from Proto-Indo-European *Hoģ-smen (“speech, what was predicted”), from an o-grade of Proto-Indo-European *h₁eǵ- (“to say”) (whence aiō (“id”)). This is semantically attractive, but requires the existence of the otherwise unattested-in-Latin o-grade of aiō, as well as an atypical formation of a smen-derivative from the Proto-Indo-European perfect *He-Hoǵ-.[3]
Pronunciation
edit- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈoː.men/, [ˈoːmɛn]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈo.men/, [ˈɔːmen]
Noun
editōmen n (genitive ōminis); third declension
- omen, sign, harbinger, portent, token (an object or occurrence believed to portend or predict a future event, circumstance, situation, or state of affairs)
- Synonym: ōrāculum
- 45 BCE, Cicero, De divinatione 1.46.104:
- […] Quod omen res consecuta est; ipsa enim brevi mortua est, virgo autem nupsit, cui Caecilia nupta fuerat. Haec posse contemni vel etiam rideri praeclare intellego, sed id ipsum est deos non putare, quae ab iis significantur, contemnere.
- […] And this was a sign of what came to pass, for in a short time Caecilia died and the girl married her aunt's husband. I realize perfectly well that these omens may be lightly regarded and even be laughed at, but to make light of signs sent by the gods is nothing less than to disbelieve in the existence of the gods.
- […] Quod omen res consecuta est; ipsa enim brevi mortua est, virgo autem nupsit, cui Caecilia nupta fuerat. Haec posse contemni vel etiam rideri praeclare intellego, sed id ipsum est deos non putare, quae ab iis significantur, contemnere.
- ~101 CE, Juvenal, Satires 4.123–125:
- non cedit Veiiento, sed ut fanaticus oestro / percussus, Bellona, tuo diuinat et "ingens / omen habes" inquit "magni clarique triumphi..."
- Veiientus yields not, but as one inspired by the maddening / influence of the goddess Bellona, prophesies. "A mighty / token this you possess" he says "of some great and illustrious triumph..."
- non cedit Veiiento, sed ut fanaticus oestro / percussus, Bellona, tuo diuinat et "ingens / omen habes" inquit "magni clarique triumphi..."
Declension
editThird-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem).
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | ōmen | ōmina |
Genitive | ōminis | ōminum |
Dative | ōminī | ōminibus |
Accusative | ōmen | ōmina |
Ablative | ōmine | ōminibus |
Vocative | ōmen | ōmina |
Derived terms
editRelated terms
editDescendants
editReferences
edit- “omen”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “omen”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- omen in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- omen in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- to wish prosperity to an undertaking: aliquid optimis ominibus prosequi (vid. sect. VI. 11., note Prosequi...)
- and may heaven avert the omen! heaven preserve us from this: quod di immortales omen avertant! (Phil. 44. 11)
- to accept as a happy omen: omen accipere (opp. improbare)
- to interpret something as an omen: accipere, vertere aliquid in omen
- with favourable omens: faustis ominibus
- an evil omen; presage of ill: omen infaustum, triste
- to wish prosperity to an undertaking: aliquid optimis ominibus prosequi (vid. sect. VI. 11., note Prosequi...)
- “omen”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- ^ John A. Simpson and Edmund S. C. Weiner, editors (1989), “omen”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN.
- ^ Watkins, Calvert (1985) The American Heritage Dictionary of Indo-European Roots, Boston: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “ōmen”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 427-8
Norwegian Bokmål
editEtymology
editNoun
editomen n (definite singular omenet, indefinite plural omen or omener or omina, definite plural omena or omenene or ominaene)
- an omen
References
edit- “omen” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
editEtymology 1
editNoun
editomen n (definite singular omenet, indefinite plural omen, definite plural omena)
- an omen
Etymology 2
editSee the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Noun
editomen m
References
edit- “omen” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Old Galician-Portuguese
editNoun
editomen m
- Alternative form of ome
Polish
editEtymology
editLearned borrowing from Latin ōmen. First attested in 1585, originally as a neuter noun.[1]
Pronunciation
editNoun
editomen m inan
- (literary) omen, foreboding
- Synonyms: przepowiednia, wróżba, zapowiedź
- dobry omen ― good omen
- zły omen ― bad/ill omen
Declension
editRelated terms
editReferences
editFurther reading
editSlovene
editEtymology
editLearned borrowing from Latin ōmen. First attested in the 19th century.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editọ̄men m
Further reading
edit- “omen”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
Slovincian
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Polish amen. Compare Kashubian amen.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editomen m inan (indeclinable)
Further reading
edit- Lorentz, Friedrich (1908) “ǻu̯mĕn”, in Slovinzisches Wörterbuch[2] (in German), volume 1, Saint Petersburg: ОРЯС ИАН, page 8
Swedish
editEtymology
editNoun
editomen n
- an omen
- dåliga omen
- bad omens
Declension
editDeclension of omen | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | omen | omenet | omen | omenen |
Genitive | omens | omenets | omens | omenens |
See also
editReferences
edit- English terms derived from Latin
- English 2-syllable words
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- Rhymes:English/əʊmən
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- en:Divination
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- Rhymes:Basque/omen
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- Basque lemmas
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- Rhymes:Polish/ɔmɛn
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- pl:Divination
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- zlw-slv:Religion
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