ornimantia Save DMLBS ornimantia [cf. LL ornix < ὄρνιξ+ML manteia < μαντεία; cf. et όρνιθομαντεία] , divination from the entrails of a bird (in quot., of chicken). ~ia ab ornix Grece, quod est gallina Latina, divinatio sc. facta per sacrificium de gallina Natura Deorum 37.