| 释义 |
obnounce, v. Rom. Antiq.|ɒbˈnaʊns|
[ad. L. obnuntiāre, f. ob- (ob- 1 b) + nuntiāre to tell.]
intr. Of a Roman magistrate: To announce an unfavourable omen (and thus prevent, stop, or render void, some public transaction).
1741Middleton Cicero I. vi. 424 Milo..was always at hand to inhibit his proceedings, by obnouncing, as it was called, or declaring that he was taking the auspices on that day. 1853Merivale Rom. Rep. ix. (1867) 266 The people..offered him, his colleague in vain obnouncing, the provinces of the Cisalpine and Illyricum. |