οἰωνός,ὁ,
A. a large bird, bird of prey,
οἰωνοί, φῆναι ἢ αἰγυπιοὶ γαμψώνυχες
Od. 16.216
; of the eagle, Κρονίωνι . . φίλτατος οἰωνῶν
Il. 24.293
; calledοἰωνῶν βασιλεύςby A. Ag. 114 (lyr.), Pi. O. 13.21 , cf. Ar. Av. 515 ; ἀρχὸς οἰ.
Pi. P. 1.14
; mentioned as devouring carcasses, Il. 1.5 , 22.335 , cf. S. Ant. 205 , 698 , Aj. 830 ; οἰωνοὶ ὠμησταί
Il. 11.453
; θῆρές τ' οἰωνοί τε
Emp. 21.11
, 130.2 ;ὑπ' οἰωνῶν ταφέντα,of corpses devoured by carrion birds, A. Th. 1025 , cf. S. Ant. 29 ; as an image of swiftness, οἰωνοῖς ἅμ' ἕπονται
Hes. Th. 268
.