English → Latin
“omen” in Latin
indiciuminformation, evidence, discovery, notice; reward for information; indication, sign, proof, tokenostendōto expose to view, exhibit, show; to reveal, expose, make known; to explain, clarifyprōdigiumomen, portent, prophetic sign; prodigy, wonderportendōto indicate, point out; to predict, foretell, portendōmenomen, sign, harbinger, portent, token (an object or occurrence believed to portend or predict a future event, circumstanauguriumaugury; divination, prediction; omen, portent
The English word omen itself goes back to Latin ōmen.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
omen
signum, indicium (a mark): ostentum, prodigium, portentum (a remarkable appearance; ostentum, general term, an unusual appearance having reference to the future; prodigium and portentum, of prodigies having reference to the distant future, especially to coming calamities; prodigium, any extraordinary appearance of nature; portentum, anything foretelling): omen (anything seen or heard accidentally, by which good or evil is foreboded): augurium (a sign of things future from the flight of birds): a good omen, omen bonum, dextrum, secundum, faustum: a bad or evil omen, omen triste, foedum, funestum: to accept or be satisfied with an omen, omen accipere; placet omen.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for omen?
- The usual Latin words for “omen” are indicium, ostendō, prōdigium; also portendō, ōmen, augurium. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.