auspex

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English

Noun

auspex (plural auspices)

  1. (historical) An officiating priest in Ancient Rome.

Latin

Etymology

From *avi-spex (“who examines (the flight of) the birds”), equivalent to avis, avi- (“bird”) +‎ specere, speciō (“to watch, observe”) +‎ -s,[1] with contraction of avi- to au- (compare auceps). See also haruspex.

Pronunciation

Noun

auspex m (genitive auspicis); third declension

  1. an augur
  2. an officiating priest

Declension

Third-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative auspex auspicēs
genitive auspicis auspicum
dative auspicī auspicibus
accusative auspicem auspicēs
ablative auspice auspicibus
vocative auspex auspicēs

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Descendants

  • → Koine Greek: αὔσπιξ (aúspix)
  • Italian: auspice
  • Portuguese: áuspice

References

  • “auspex”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “auspex”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • auspex in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • “auspex”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • “auspex”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
  1. ^ Jacqueline Picoche, Jean-Claude Rolland, Dictionnaire étymologique du français, Paris 2009, Dictionnaires Le Robert, →ISBN; dépit, oie
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