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Etymology
Ultimately from Latin auspicia, plural of auspicium. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌɑu̯sˈpi.si.ə(n)/
- Hyphenation: aus‧pi‧ci‧en
Noun
auspiciën pl (plural only)
- watch, supervision
- auspices, protection
- (historical) augury; (also) the omens from divination based on the behaviour of birds, practiced in Roman culture
- Synonym: vogelwichelarij
1949, Konstant Vangenechten, Het antieke Rome, page 66:Dit was eigenlijk geen gebouw, slechts een afgebakende plaats, begroeid met gras, en waar de Auguren — de vogelwichelaars — kwamen om de auspiciën te houden.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)