omen
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
From Latin omen (“‘foreboding, omen’”) < os (“‘the mouth’”) + -men
[edit] Pronunciation
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- Rhymes: -əʊmən
[edit] Noun
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omen (plural omens)
- Something which portends or is perceived to portend a good or evil event or circumstance in the future; an augury or foreboding.
- prophetic significance
- a sign of ill omen
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[edit] Translations
something which portends or is perceived to portend a good or evil event or circumstance in the future; an augury or foreboding
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[edit] Verb
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to omen (third-person singular simple present omens, present participle omening, simple past and past participle omened)
[edit] See also
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- omen in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- omen in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
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[edit] Latin
[edit] Noun
ōmen (genitive ōminis); n, third declension
- an omen
[edit] Inflection
| Number | Singular | Plural |
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| nominative | ōmen | ōmina |
| genitive | ōminis | ōminum |
| dative | ōminī | ōminibus |
| accusative | ōmen | ōmina |
| ablative | ōmine | ōminibus |
| vocative | ōmen | ōmina |
