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portendo, di, tum, 3 ( inf. pres. portendier, Plaut. Poen. 3, 5, 4), v. a. [an archaic collat. form in relig. lang. of protendo, to stretch forth], to point out, indicate (future events, misfortunes, etc.), to foretell, predict, presage, portend (cf.:(α).ostendo, monstro): ea (auspicia) illis exeuntibus in aciem portendisse deos,
Liv. 30, 32, 9; cf.:di immortales mihi sacrificanti... laeta omnia prosperaque portendere,
id. 31, 7 fin.:magnitudinem imperii portendens prodigium,
id. 1, 55: populo commutationem rerum portendit fore, Att. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 22, 45:triginta annos Cyrum regnaturum esse portendi,
Cic. Div. 1, 23, 46:quod portentum regni ruinam portendebat, of an earthquake,
Just. 17, 1, 3.— Pass., to be indicated (by a sign), to threaten, impend.Usually of bad fortune, loss, injury, etc.:(β).nobis periculum magnum portenditur,
Plaut. As. 3, 1, 27:haruspices dudum dicebant mihi, malum damnumque maximum portendier,
id. Poen. 3, 5, 4; cf.:malum quod in quiete tibi portentum est,
id. Curc. 2, 2, 22:quod in extis nostris portentum est,
id. Poen. 5, 4, 35.—Of good fortune, etc.:I.salvos sum: libertas portenditur,
Plaut. Rud. 5, 3, 38:quid spei Latinis portendi?
Liv. 1, 50. —Hence, portentum, i, n., a sign, token, omen, portent (syn.: ostentum, prodigium).Lit.:II.ex quo illa ostenta, monstra, portenta, prodigia dicuntur,
Cic. N. D. 2, 3, 7; cf. Fest. p. 245 Müll.; and Paul. ex Fest. p. 244 Müll.:nam si quod raro fit, id portentum putandum est, sapientem esse portentum est,
Cic. Div. 2, 28, 61: portentum inusitatum conflatum est recens, Poët. ap. Gell. 15, 4:alii portenta atque prodigia nunciabant,
Sall. C. 30, 2:ne quaere profecto, Quem casum portenta ferant,
Verg. A. 8, 533.—Of miracles, Vulg. Heb. 2, 4; id. Deut. 34, 11; cf. id. Marc. 13, 22.—Transf.A.A monster, monstrosity:B.cetera de genere hoc quae sunt portenta perempta,
Lucr. 5, 37; Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 11:quale portentum neque militaris Daunias latis alit aesculetis Nec, etc.,
id. C. 1, 22, 13:quae virgineo portenta sub inguine latrant,
i. e. the dogs of Scylla, Ov. Am. 2, 16, 23:praeter naturam hominum pecudumque portentis,
monstrous births, monsters, Cic. N. D. 2, 5, 14; cf.: bovem quendam putari deum, multaque alia portenta apud eosdem, id. Rep. 3, 9, 14.— Trop., in a moral sense, a monster of depravity:P. Clodius, fatale portentum prodigiumque rei publicae,
Cic. Pis. 4, 9:Gabinius et Piso, duo rei publicae portenta ac paene funera,
id. Prov. Cons. 1, 2:qualia demens Aegyptus portenta colat,
Juv. 15, 2.—A marvellous or extravagant fiction, a strange tale, a wonderful story:cetera de genere hoc monstra et portenta locuntur,
Lucr. 4, 590:poëtarum et pictorum portenta,
Cic. Tusc. 1, 6, 11:portentum atque monstrum certissimum est, esse aliquem humanā specie et figurā, qui tantum immanitate bestias vicerit,
id. Rosc. Am. 22, 63:portenta atque praestigias scribere,
Gell. 10, 12, 6.
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