I.an announcement of an opposing, adverse, evil omen: “dirarum,” Cic. Div. 1, 16, 29.—In plur.: “obnuntiationibus per Scaevolam interpositis,” Cic. Att. 4, 16, 7: “comitiorum cotidie singuli dies tolluntur obnuntiationibus,” id. Q. Fr. 3, 3, 2.
obnuntĭātĭo (obnunc- ), ōnis, f. obnuntio, in the lang. of augurs,