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2 realizations
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Comment
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Ancient Greek | |
| lexeme | ὄρνις | |
| meaning 1 | bird | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | bird of omen, from the flight or cries of which the augur divined, metaph., omen taken from the flight or cries of birds; generally, omen, presage, without direct reference to birds | |
| reference | LSJ | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Latin | |
| lexeme | avis | |
| meaning 1 | bird | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | bird as an omen or source of omens; an augury, omen, portent | |
| reference | Glare: 215 Lewis, Short | |
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