| Flashcards: Latin Derivatives |
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ominous
foreboding, threatening, portending evil
It is said that Caesar’s wife, Calpurnia, disquieted by ominous dreams, begged Caesar not to go to the Senate on the Ides of March.
Related English word: omen (a sign of what will happen)
Latin root words: omen, ominis, n. - an omen, a sign; a foreboding; ominor, ominari, ominatus sum - to forebode, presage, predict
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