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Ancient Greek
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin augur.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈaβ.ɣur/ → /ˈav.ɣur/
Noun
αὔγουρ • (aúgour) m (genitive αὔγουρος); third declension (Koine)
- augur (Roman diviner)
- Synonyms: αὔσπῐξ (aúspix), οἰωνῐστής (oiōnistḗs), οἰωνόμᾰντῐς (oiōnómantis), οἰωνοσκόπος (oiōnoskópos)
46 CE – 120 CE,
Plutarch,
Moralia 2.281a:
- Διὰ τί τῶν ἐπ' οἰωνοῖς ἱερέων, οὓς Αὔσπικας πρότερον, Αὔγουρας δὲ νῦν καλοῦσιν, ᾤοντο δεῖν ἀεὶ τοὺς λαμπτῆρας ἀνεῳγμένους εἶναι, καὶ τὸ πῶμα μὴ ἐπικεῖσθαι;
- Dià tí tôn ep' oiōnoîs hieréōn, hoùs Aúspikas próteron, Aúgouras dè nûn kaloûsin, ṓionto deîn aeì toùs lamptêras aneōigménous eînai, kaì tò pôma mḕ epikeîsthai?
- Why did they think that the priests that take the omens from birds, whom they formerly called Auspices, but now Augures, should always keep their lanterns open and put no cover on them?
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