forebode Copy link Outline I. To forewarn of1. portendo, di, tum, 3 (to point to something in the future)2. praesāgio, īvi, 43. nuntio, dēnuntio, praenuntio, 1 (to give pre-intimations of)4. signĭfĭco, 15. mŏneo, 2II. To have a f.ing of1. augŭror, 12. praesentio, si, sum, 4 (to have a presentiment of)3. praesāgio, īvi, 4 • forebode: I. To forewarn of: 1. portendo, di, tum, 3 (to point to something in the future): because they f., they are called portenta, quia portendunt, portenta dicuntur, Cic.: it f.s a change in affairs, commutationem rerum portendit fore, Cic. 2. praesāgio, īvi, 4: this scantiness of forces seemed to me to f. retreat, not battle, haec exiguitas copiarum recessum, non dimicationem mihi praesagiebat, Coel. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 10, init.: this likewise f.s the mortality of the soul, id quoque pr., mortalem vivere mentem, Lucr.: (commoner in sense II., q. v.). 3. nuntio, dēnuntio, praenuntio, 1 (to give pre-intimations of): an azure sun f.s rain, coeruleus (sol) pluviam den., Virg. G. 1, 453: a prodigy by which it was f.d that nature was travailing with a king, prodigium quo denuntiabatur regem naturam parturire, Suet.: a pallid (faint) rising sun f.s hail, pallidus oriens grandinem n., Plin. 18, 35, 78: a kind of natural force f.s the future, vis et natura quaedam futura praen., Cic. Div. 1, 6, extr. 4. signĭfĭco, 1: he consults the quivering entrails, to see what they f. to him, quid sibi significent spirantia consulit exta, Ov.: to f. a tempest for the next day, in proximum diem tempestatem s., Plin.: Col.: the comp. praesignifico also occurs in Cic. in same sense. 5. mŏneo, 2: v. to forewarn. II. To have a f.ing of: 1. augŭror, 1: at the approach of death the soul f.s (has a f.ing of) the future, appropinquante morte, animi futura a., Cic. Also act.: if my mind f.s aught of truth, si quid veri mens augurat, Virg.: Cic. 2. praesentio, si, sum, 4 (to have a presentiment of): to f. (have forebodings of) the future, futura pr., Cic. Div. 2, 48, 100: v. presentiment. 3. praesāgio, īvi, 4: to f., that is, to anticipate the future, pr., id est, futura ante sentire, Cic. Div. 1, 31, init.: my mind f.d that I was going on a fool's errand, praesagibat mihi animus frustra me ire, Pl. Aul. 2, 2, 1.
FOREBODE Copy link • FOREBODETo prognosticate, portendere: significare (to mark, signify). To have a secret presentiment, praesagire (with or without animo): praesentire (to feel before): divinare: conjectura augurari (to prophesy from a foreboding): praedivinare (Varr.). To forebode future events, praesentire futura; conjicere de futuris.