- Portentum
Portentum (lat.), 1) Ungeheuer, Mißgestalt; 2) in der römischen Divination eine Naturerscheinung, welche eine Vorbedeutung zum Wahrsagen gibt.
Pierer's Lexicon. 1857–1865.
Portentum
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