augurium+salutis

augŭrĭum, ii, n. (plur. augura, heterocl., like aplustra from aplustre, Att. ap. Non. p. 488, 2, or Trag. Rel. p. 217 Rib.) [augur], the observation and interpretation of omens, augury (v. augur and the pass. there cited).

Lit.:

pro certo arbitrabor sortes oracla adytus augura? Att., Trag. Rel. p. 217 Rib.: agere,

Varr. L. L. 6, § 42 Müll.; Cic. Div. 1, 17, 32; id. Off. 3, 16, 66:

capere,

Suet. Aug. 95:

quaerere,

Vulg. Num. 24, 1:

observare,

ib. Deut. 18, 10; ib. 4 Reg. 21, 6:

non est augurium in Jacob,

ib. Num. 23, 23:

dare,

Ov. Tr. 3, 1, 36:

nuntiare,

Liv. 1, 7:

decantare,

Cic. Div. 1, 47, 105: accipere, to understand or receive as an omen, Liv. 1, 34; 10, 40; Val. Fl. 1, 161:

augurium factum,

Suet. Vit. 18:

augurio experiri aliquid,

Flor. 1, 5, 3: augurium salutis, an augury instituted in time of peace, for the inquiry whether one could supplicate the Deity for the prosperity of the state (de salute), Cic. Div. 1, 47, 105; Suet. Aug. 31; Tac. A. 12, 23; cf. Dio Cass. 37, 24, and Fabric. ad h. l.—

Transf.

Any kind of divination, prophecy, soothsaying, interpretation:

auguria rerum futurarum,

Cic. Phil. 2, 35, 89: conjugis augurio ( by the interpretation of [p. 205] quamquam Titania mota est, Ov. M. 1, 395: Divinatio arroris et auguria mendacia vanitas est, Vulg Eccli. 34, 5.—And transf. to the internal sense. presentiment, foreboding of future occurrences inhaeret in mentibus quasi saeclorum quoddam augurium futurorum, Cic. Tusc. 1, 15, 33; id. Fam 6, 6:

Fallitur augurio spes bona saepe suo,

Ov. H. 16, 234:

Auguror, nec me fallit augurium, historias tuas immortales futuras,

Plin. Ep. 7, 33, 1 al. —

Object, a sign, omen, token, prognostic:

thymum augurium mellis est,

Plin. 21, 10, 31, § 56:

augurium valetudinis ex eā traditur, si etc.,

id. 28, 6, 19, § 68.—

The art of the augur, augury:

cui laetus Apollo Augurium citharamque dabat,

Verg. A. 12, 394 (v. Apollo and augur):

Rex idero et regi Turno gratissimus augur,

id. ib. 9, 327; Flor. 1, 5, 2.

sălūs, ūtis (archaic gen. SALVTES, on a clay vessel, v. Ritschl de Fictilibus Litteratis, Berol, 1853, p. 18, n. 5; cf. APOLONES, from Apollo; dat. SALVTEI, Corp. Inscr. Lat. 587), f. [root sar, to guard, whence servus, servare, salvus, sollus; cf. Gr. holos, entire], a being safe and sound; a sound or whole condition, health, welfare, prosperity, preservation, safety, deliverance, etc. (very freq. and class.: cf.: valetudo, sanitas).

Lit.

In gen.: Mars pater te precor, pastores pecuaque salva servassis duisque bonam salutem valetudinemque mihi domo familiaeque nostrae, an old form of prayer in Cato, R. R. 141, 3; cf. Varr. R. R. 1, 2, 27; so,

too, the religious formula for asking protection: quod cum salute ejus fiat,

and may it do him good, Ter. Ad. 4, 1, 3;

and in the same sense: bonā salute,

Cato, R. R. 4 fin.:

adhuc quae assolent quaeque oportet Signa esse ad salutem, omnia huic (puero recens nato) esse video,

Ter. And. 3, 2, 2:

aegrorum salutem ab Aesculapio datam,

Cic. N. D. 3, 38, 91:

qui etiam medicis suis non ad salutem, sed ad necem utatur,

id. Har. Resp. 16, 35:

me confectum consularibus volneribus consulari medicinā ad salutem reduceret,

id. Red. Quir. 6, 15:

firmā potiri salute,

Ov. H. 20, [p. 1622] 179:

salute nostrā atque urbe captā Domum reduco integrum omnem exercitum,

in good health, well, Plaut. Bacch. 4, 9, 147:

mater redit suā salute ac familiae maximā,

in excellent health, id. Merc. 4, 5, 9:

salute nostrum socium,

id. Men. 1, 2, 25:

salute horiae,

uninjured, id. Rud. 4, 2, 5:

in optimorum consiliis posita est civitatium salus,

Cic. Rep. 1, 34, 51; cf.:

tu eris unus, in quo nitatur civitatis salus,

id. ib. 6, 12, 12;

2, 23, 43: juris, libertatis, fortunarum suarum salus in istius damnatione consistit,

id. Verr. 2, 2, 6, § 16:

neque enim salus ulla rei publicae major reperiri potest, quam, etc.,

id. ib. 2, 1, 2, § 4; Plaut. As. 3, 3, 127:

spem teneo, salutem amisi,

id. Merc. 3, 4, 6 sq.; id. Capt. 3, 3, 3; cf.:

cujus aures clausae veritati sunt, hujus salus desperanda est,

Cic. Lael. 24, 90:

nisi quae mihi in te'st, haud tibi est in me salus,

a means of safety, help, assistance, Plaut. Ps. 1, 1, 69:

fer amanti ero salutem,

id. As. 3, 3, 82; cf.:

cum opem indigentibus salutemque ferres,

Cic. Fin. 2, 35, 118; id. Mur. 13, 28: dicet fortasse Dignitatis halis:

saluti, si me amas, consule,

id. Att. 2, 19, 1:

is est nimirum Soter, qui salutem dedit,

has furnished safety, id. Verr. 2, 2, 63, § 154:

dare salutem, liberare periculis, etc.,

id. de Or. 1, 8, 32:

saluti quod tibi esse censeo, id consuadeo,

Plaut. Merc. 1, 2, 35; so,

saluti esse alicui,

Cic. Rep. 1, 1, 1; id. de Or. 2, 49, 200 al.;

for which: nosse omnia haec, salus est adulescentulis,

Ter. Eun. 5, 4, 18:

diffisus suae omniumque saluti,

Caes. B. G. 6, 38:

nec in fugā salus ulla ostendebatur,

Liv. 30, 8:

una est salus,

id. 7, 35:

una salus victis nullam sperare salutem,

Verg. A. 2, 354; cf. id. ib. 5, 174; 6, 96; Ov. Tr. 3, 3, 4; 5, 7, 3; id. P. 3, 7, 23; 4, 14, 5; id. M. 3, 648; Luc. 2, 221. —Freq. in Plaut. as a term of endearment, my life, my love:

quid agis, mea salus?

Plaut. Cas. 4, 3, 3:

o salute meā salus salubrior,

id. Cist. 3, 13; id. Bacch. 4, 8, 38; id. Poen. 1, 2, 153; 1, 2, 176; id. Rud. 3, 3, 17. —

In partic., a wish for one ' s welfare (expressed by word of mouth or in writing), a greeting, salute, salutation: Ly. Charmidem Lysiteles salutat. Ca. Non ego sum salutis dignus? Ly. Immo salve Callicles, Plaut. Trin. 5, 2, 29:

venienti des salutem atque osculum,

id. Ep. 4, 2, 2:

quin tu primum salutem reddis quam dedi?

id. Bacch. 2, 3, 11: Sy. Responde, quod rogo. Ba. Eho, an non prius salutas? Sy. Nulla est mihi salus dataria, id. Ps. 4, 2, 13: Pe. Salva sis. Ph. Salutem accipio mihi et meis, id. Ep. 4, 1, 21:

advenientem peregre herum suum Salva impertit salute servus Epidicus,

id. Ep. 1, 2, 24; cf. Ter. Eun. 2, 2, 39; for which: impertit salutem plurimam et plenissimam, Lucil. ap. Non. 472, 16:

Terentia impertit tibi multam salutem,

Cic. Att. 2, 12, 3:

salutem dicere alicui,

Plaut. Capt. 2, 3, 29:

multam, plurimam salutem dicere alicui,

id. Curc. 3, 51; 3, 61:

Cicero tibi salutem plurimam dicit,

Cic. Fam. 14, 7, 3:

tu Atticae salutem dices,

id. Att. 14, 19, 6;

and so at the beginning of a letter: salutem dicit Toxilo Timarchides Et familiae omni. Si valetis gaudeo, etc.,

Plaut. Pers. 4, 3, 32;

usually abbreviated S. D. (salutem dicit), S. D. M. (salutem dicit multam), S. D. P. (salutem dicit plurimam), v. the superscriptions of Cicero's letters. Freq., also, elliptically, without dicit: Anacharsis Hannoni salutem,

Cic. Tusc. 5, 32, 90 (abbreviated, e. g. Cicero Attico S., v. the letters of Cicero and Pliny):

Dionysio plurimam salutem,

id. Att. 4, 18, 3:

Atticae plurimam salutem,

id. ib. 14, 20, 5:

salutem reddere,

to return a greeting, Plaut. Bacch. 2, 3, 11; Liv. 9, 6, 12; Tac. A. 4, 60: salutem mittere per aliquem, to send a greeting:

mihi dulcis salus visa est per te missa ab illā,

Cic. Att. 16, 3, 6; Ov. H. 4, 1; 16, 1.—An unusual expression is, salutem dicere alicui, in the sense of to bid one farewell:

ego vero multam salutem et foro dicam et curiae, vivamque tecum multum, etc.,

Cic. Fam. 7, 32, 2:

salute acceptā redditāque,

Liv. 7, 5:

salute datā redditāque,

id. 3, 26:

salutem tibi ab sodali nuntio,

I bring, deliver, Plaut. Bacch. 2, 2, 10; so,

nuntiare salutem alicui,

id. Curc. 4, 2, 38; id. Men. prol. 1; cf.:

salutem verbis tuis mihi nuntiarat,

Cic. Fam. 7, 14, 1:

salutem tibi plurimam ascribit et Tulliola, deliciae nostrae,

adds, joins in, id. Att. 1, 5, 9; 5, 20, 9.—In a humorous equivoque: As. Salve. St. Satis mihi est tuae salutis, nihil moror, sat salveo;

Aegrotare malim, quam esse tuā salute sanior,

Plaut. Truc. 2, 2, 4 sq.; id. Ps. 1, 1, 41 sq.—

Salvation, deliverance from sin and its penalties (eccl. Lat.):

verbum salutis,

Vulg. Act. 13, 26; id. Rom. 10, 1; 13, 11.—

Salus, personified, a Roman divinity, whose temple stood on one of the summits of the Quirinalis (v. Salutaris):

ego tibi nunc sum summus Juppiter, Idem ego sum Salus, Fortuna, etc.,

Plaut. Capt. 4, 2, 84; id. As. 3, 3, 123; 3, 3, 137; id. Cist. 4, 2, 76; id. Merc. 5, 2, 26; Varr. L. L. 5, §§ 51 and 74 Müll.; Liv. 9, 43 fin.; 10, 1 fin.; 40, 37; Val. Max. 8, 14, 6:

augurium Salutis (instituted for the welfare of the State),

Cic. Div. 1, 47, 105; id. Leg. 2, 11, 28; Suet. Aug. 31; Tac. A. 12, 23.—In a lusus verbb., alluding to the literal meaning of the name:

nec Salus nobis saluti jam esse, si cupiat, potest,

Plaut. Most. 2, 1, 4:

at vos Salus servassit,

id. Cist. 4, 2, 76:

neque jam Salus servare, si volt, me potest,

id. Capt. 3, 3, 14; Ter. Ad. 4, 7, 43; cf.:

Salus ipsa virorum fortium innocentiam tueri non potest,

Cic. Font. 6, 11, § 21.

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οἰών-ισμα, ατος, τό,

A omen from the flight or cries of birds,

οἰωνίσματ' οἰωνῶν μαθών E.Ph. 839

, cf. LXX 1 Ki.15.23, Je.14.14(pl.), Hdn.1.14.2, D.C.37.24 ; οἰ. τῆς ὑγιείας, = Salutis augurium, Id.51.20 ; a portent, monster, Gal.2.623.