Omen

ō′men, n. a sign of some future event, either good or evil: a foreboding.— v.i. and v.t. to prognosticate: to predict.— adj. O′mened , containing omens, mostly with prefixes, as ill- omened . [L. for osmen , that which is uttered by the mouth—L. os ; or for ausmen , that heard— audīre , to hear.]