A.ominous, fateful, οὐδ᾽ ἦλθον ἐναίσιμον (as Adv.) Il.6.519; “ὄρνιθας γνῶναι καὶ ἐναίσιμα μυθήσασθαι” Od.2.159; οὐδέ τε πάντες ἐναίσιμοι [ὄρνιθες] ib.182; esp. in good sense, seasonable, of omens, “ἐ. σήματα φαίνων” Il.2.353: generally, favourable, boding good, “λιγνὺν ἐναίσιμον ἀΐσσουσαν” A.R.1.438.
II. of persons, their thoughts, etc., righteous, “ἀνὴρ ὃς ἐ. εἴη” Od.10.383; “οἵ τινές εἰσιν ἐ. οἵ τ᾽ ἀθέμιστοι” 17.363; ᾧ οὔτ᾽ ἂρ φρένες εἰσὶν ἐ. (of Achilles) Il.24.40, cf. Od.18.220; “ἐμοὶ νόος ἐστὶν ἐ.” 5.190; so “τοῦτό γ᾽ ἐναίσιμον οὐκ ἐνόησεν” 2.123, 7.299; ἐ. τίει [βίον] A.Ag.775(lyr.); γῆρας γὰρ ἐ. ἄνδρατίθησιν makes him honoured, Opp.H.1.683.