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Latin
Etymology
From auspex (“augur, soothsayer”) + -ō.
Pronunciation
Verb
auspicor (present infinitive auspicārī, perfect active auspicātus sum); first conjugation, deponent
- to take the auspices
- to begin or undertake under good auspices
- to begin, undertake, enter upon
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References
- “auspicor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “auspicor”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- auspicor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to take the auspices, observe the flight of birds: augurium agere, auspicari (N. D. 2. 4. 11)