omen

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[edit] Etymology

From Latin omen (foreboding, omen) < os (the mouth) + -men

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Singular
omen

Plural
omens

omen (plural omens)

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  1. Something which portends or is perceived to portend a good or evil event or circumstance in the future; an augury or foreboding.
  2. prophetic significance
    a sign of ill omen

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[edit] Verb

Infinitive
to omen

Third person singular
omens

Simple past
omened

Past participle
omened

Present participle
omening

to omen (third-person singular simple present omens, present participle omening, simple past and past participle omened)

  1. To be an omen of.
  2. To divine or predict from omens.

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ōmen (genitive ōminis); n, third declension

  1. an omen

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Number Singular Plural
nominative ōmen ōmina
genitive ōminis ōminum
dative ōminī ōminibus
accusative ōmen ōmina
ablative ōmine ōminibus
vocative ōmen ōmina

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