Both Uses of
ominous
in
The Epic of Gilgamesh
- The mountain fashioned a dream for Enkidu; it came, an ominous dream; a cold shower passed over him, it caused him to cower like the mountain barley under a storm of rain.†
Book 2
- And Gilgamesh lamented, 'Now I will pray to the great gods, for my friend had an ominous dream.'
Book 3 *ominous = suggestive of bad things to come
Definition:
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(ominous) threatening (suggestive of, or foreshadowing bad things to come)