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Flashcards: Latin Derivatives |
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to indicate as being about to happen (usually said of evil or of a momentous event); to foreshadow
Among the ancient Romans, certain celestial signs were thought to bode success, others to portend disaster.
Related English words: portent (something that portends), portentous (portending evil; ominous; amazing; extraordinary).
Latin root words: portendo, portendere, portendi, portentus
- to predict, foretell; tendo, tendere, tetendi, tentus - to
stretch; to strain |