ἐναίσιμος
enaisimos
ominous, fateful
Appears 14 times across Homer's epics.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
ἐναίσιμος, ον, (αἶσα) Ep. Adj. (rare in Trag.) A. ominous, fateful, οὐδʼ ἦλθον ἐναίσιμον (as Adv.) Il. 6.519; ὄρνιθας γνῶναι καὶ ἐναίσιμα μυθήσασθαι Od. 2.159; οὐδέ τε πάντες ἐναίσιμοι [ὄρνιθες] ib.182; esp. in good sense, seasonable, of omens, ἐ. σήματα φαίνων Il. 2.353: generally, favourable, boding good, λιγνὺν ἐναίσιμον ἀΐσσουσαν 1.438. II. of persons, their thoughts, etc., righteous, ἀνὴρ ὃς ἐ. εἴη Od. 10.383; οἵ τινές εἰσιν ἐ. οἵ τʼ ἀθέμιστοι 17.363; ᾧ οὔτʼ ἂρ φρένες εἰσὶν ἐ. (of Achilles) Il. 24.40, cf. Od. 18.220; ἐμοὶ νόος ἐστὶν ἐ. 5.190; so τοῦτό γʼ ἐναίσιμον οὐκ ἐνόησεν 2.123, 7.299; ἐ. τίει [βίον] Ag. 775(lyr.); γῆρας γὰρ ἐ. ἄνδρατίθησιν makes him honoured, H. 1.683. 2. of things, fit, proper, ἐ. δῶρα διδοῦναι ἀθανάτοις Il. 24.425, cf. h.Cer. 369. Adv. -μως fitly, becomingly, αἰνεῖν Ag. 916; μή νυν ὑπέρβαλλʼ, ἀλλʼ ἐ. φέρε Alc. 1077.
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