οἰωνοσκόπος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From οἰωνός (oiōnós, “bird used in augury”) +‎ σκοπέω (skopéō, “to look, contemplate”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /oi̯.ɔː.nos.kó.pos/ → /y.o.nosˈko.pos/ → /i.o.nosˈko.pos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /oi̯.ɔː.nos.kó.pos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /y.o.nosˈko.pos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /y.o.nosˈko.pos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /y.o.nosˈko.pos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /i.o.nosˈko.pos/

Noun

οἰωνοσκόπος • (oiōnoskópos) m (genitive οἰωνοσκόπου); second declension

1. augur, one who foretells from the flight and cry of birds

   Synonyms: αὔγουρ (aúgour), οἰωνῐστής (oiōnistḗs), οἰωνόμᾰντῐς (oiōnómantis)

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ οἰωνοσκόπος; τοῦ οἰωνοσκόπου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ οἰωνοσκόπος ho oiōnoskópos	τὼ οἰωνοσκόπω tṑ oiōnoskópō	οἱ οἰωνοσκόποι hoi oiōnoskópoi
Genitive	τοῦ οἰωνοσκόπου toû oiōnoskópou	τοῖν οἰωνοσκόποιν toîn oiōnoskópoin	τῶν οἰωνοσκόπων tôn oiōnoskópōn
Dative	τῷ οἰωνοσκόπῳ tôi oiōnoskópōi	τοῖν οἰωνοσκόποιν toîn oiōnoskópoin	τοῖς οἰωνοσκόποις toîs oiōnoskópois
Accusative	τὸν οἰωνοσκόπον tòn oiōnoskópon	τὼ οἰωνοσκόπω tṑ oiōnoskópō	τοὺς οἰωνοσκόπους toùs oiōnoskópous
Vocative	οἰωνοσκόπε oiōnoskópe	οἰωνοσκόπω oiōnoskópō	οἰωνοσκόποι oiōnoskópoi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• οἰωνοσκοπεῖον (oiōnoskopeîon)
• οἰωνοσκοπέω (oiōnoskopéō)
• οἰωνοσκοπῐ́ᾱ (oiōnoskopíā)
• οἰωνοσκοπῐκός (oiōnoskopikós)

 

Further reading

• “οἰωνοσκόπος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “οἰωνοσκόπος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• οἰωνοσκόπος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette