οἰων-ίζομαι · oiōn-izomai — LSJ
take omens from the flight and cries of birds
take omens from the flight and cries of birds, οὐδὲν ἄλλο ἔτι -όμενοι X. Cyr. 1.6.1, cf. Plu. Rom. 9.
II divine from omens
generally, divine from omens, c. acc. et inf., X. HG ll. cc., LXX Ge. 44.5.
2 regard as an omen, shun as an ill omen
c. acc., regard as an omen, οἰ. τι σύμπτωμα Arist. l.c., cf. Epin. 2.3, Nic.Dam. 66.13J., D.S. 8.32, 17.49, Plu. Praec. 2.825b ; ὃν οἰωνίσαιτʼ ἄν τις μᾶλλον ἰδὼν ἢ προσειπεῖν βούλοιτο whom one would rather shun as an ill omen if one saw him, than speak to, D. l.c., cf. Thphr. HP 8.6.2, Str. 13.1.42.