after taking auguries

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AUGURATO

augŭror, ātus. 1, v. dep. (class. for the ante-class. and poet. act. augnro, āre, v. infra) [augur].

To perform the services or fill the office of an augur, to take auguries, observs and interpret omens, to augur, prophesy, predict (hence with the acc. of that which is prophesied):

Calchas ex passerum numero belli Trojani annos auguratus est,

Cic. Div 1, 33, 72; so id. ib. 1, 15, 27; id. Fam. 6, 6:

avis quasdam rerum augurandarum causa esse natas putamus,

id. N D. 2, 64, 160; Suet. Oth 7 fin.; id. Gram. 1:

in quo (scypho) augurari solet,

Vulg. Gen. 44, 5:

augurandi scientia,

ib. ib. 44, 15; ib. Lev. 19, 26.—Transf from the sphere of religion,

Ingen, to predict, forebode, foretell; or of the internal sense (cf. augurium, II. A.), to surmise, conjecture, suppose:

Theramenes Critiae, cui venenum praebiberat, mortem est auguratus,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 40, 96:

ex nomine istins, quid in provinciā facturus esset, perridicule homines augurabantur,

id. Verr. 2, 2, 6:

in Persis augurantur et divinant Magi,

id. Div. 1, 41, 90: Recte auguraris de me nihil a me abesse longius crudelitate, Caes. ap. Cic. Att. 9, 16, A:

futurae pugnae fortunam ipso cantu augurantur,

Tac. G. 3 al.:

quantum ego opinione auguror,

Cic. Mur. 31, 65:

quantum auguror coniectura,

id. de Or. 1, 21. 95; so,

mente aliquid, Curt 10, 5, 13: Hac ego contentus auguror esse deos,

Ov. P. 3, 4, 80:

erant, qui Vespasianum et arma Orientis augurarentur,

Tac. H. 1, 50:

Macedones iter jaciendo operi monstrāsse eam (beiuam) augurabantur,

Curt. 4, 4, 5.

subordinate form auguro, āre (by Plin. ap. Serv. ad Verg A. 7, 273, erroneously distinguished from this in signif.).

(Acc. to I.) Sacerdotes salutem populi auguranto, Cic. Leg. 2, 8.— Trop.: oculis investigans astute augura, look carefully around you like an augur, Plant. Cist. 4, 2, 26.— Pass.: res, locus auguratur, is consecrated by auguries: certaeque res augurantur, Lucius Caesar ap. Prisc. p. 791 P.:

in Rostris, in illo augurato templo ac loco,

Cic. Vatin. 10; so Liv. 8, 5: augurato ( abl. absol.), after taking auguries (cf. auspicato under auspicor fin.):

sicut Romulus augurato in urbe condenda regnum adeptus est,

Liv. 1, 18; Suet. Aug. 7 fin. dub. Roth.—

(Acc. to II.) Hoc conjecturā auguro, Enn. ap. Non. p. 469, 8 (Trag. v. 327 Vahl.); so Pac. ap. Non. l. l.; Att. ib.;

Cic. Rep. Fragm. ib. (p. 431 Moser): praesentit animus et augurat quodam modo, quae futura sit suavitas, id. Ep. ad Caiv. ib. (IV. 2, p. 467 Orell.): si quid veri mens augurat,

Verg. A. 7, 273:

quis non prima repellat Monstra deum longosque sibi mon auguret annos?

Val. Fl. 3, 356.

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AUGURIUM (-I) (N)

AUGURATIO (-ONIS) (F)

AUSPICIUM (-I) (N)

OMEN (-INIS) (N)

PRAESAGIUM (-I) (N)

ALES (-ITIS) (MF)

- AFTER CONSULTING THE AUGURIES

- AFTER TAKING THE AUGURIES

- TAKE A GOOD AUGURY

- TAKE AUGURIES

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auspĭcor, ātus, 1, v. dep. [from auspex, as auguror from augur], to take the auspices.

Lit.

In gen.:

(Gracchus) cum pomerium transiret, auspicari esset oblitus,

Cic. N. D. 2, 4, 11:

tripudio auspicari,

id. Div. 1, 35, 77; 2, 36, 77:

Fabio auspicanti aves non addixere,

Liv. 27, 16, 15; 4, 6, 3; 6, 41, 5 sq. al.—

Esp., aliquid or absol., also with inf., to make a beginning, for the sake of a good omen, to begin, enter upon (first freq. after the Aug. per.):

ipsis Kal. Januariis auspicandi causā omne genus operis instaurant,

Col. 11, 2, 98:

auspicandi gratiā tribunal ingredi,

Tac. A. 4, 36:

non auspicandi causā, sed studendi,

Plin. Ep. 3, 5, 8:

auspicatus est et jurisdictionem,

Suet. Ner. 7:

auspicabar in Virginem (aquam) desilire,

Sen. Ep. 83, 5.—

In gen., to begin, enter upon a thing:

auspicari culturarum officia,

Col. 11, 2, 3; 3, 1, 1:

homo a suppliciis vitam auspicatur,

Plin. 7, prooem. §

3: militiam,

Suet. Aug. 38:

cantare,

id. Ner. 22.— Trop.:

senatorium per militiam auspicantes gradum,

attaining, receiving it through military services, Sen. Ep. 47, 10.

Act. access. form auspĭco, āre, to take the auspices:

praetor advenit, auspicat auspicium prosperum,

Naev. 4, 2 (Non. p 468, 28):

(magistratus) publicae [rei] cum auspicant, Caecil. ap. Non. l. l. (Com. Rel. p. 66 Rib.): auspicetis: cras est communis dies, Atta, ib. (Com. Rel. p. 161 Rib.): Non hodie isti rei auspicavi,

Plaut. Rud. 3, 4, 12:

mustelam,

to receive, accept as an augury, id. Stich. 3, 2, 46:

super aliquā re,

Gell. 3, 2. —

Abl. absol.: auspĭcātō, after taking the auspices:

Romulus non solum auspicato urbem condidisse, sed ipse etiam optimus augur fuisse traditur,

Cic. Div. 1, 2, 3:

Nihil fere quondam majoris rei nisi auspicato ne privatim quidem gerebatur,

id. ib. 1, 16, 28:

qui et consul rogari et augur et auspicato,

id. N. D. 2, 4, 11; id. Div. 2, 36, 72; 2, 36, 77:

plebeius magistratus nullus auspicato creatur,

Liv. 6, 41, 5 sq.; 5, 38; 1, 36;

28, 28: Hunc (senatum) auspicato a parente et conditore urbis nostrae institutum,

Tac. H. 1, 84; 3, 72 al.—

auspĭcātus, a, um, part., consecrated by auguries:

auspicato in loco,

Cic. Rab. Perd. 4:

non auspicatos contudit impetus Nostros,

Hor. C. 3, 6, 10:

auspicata comitia,

Liv. 26, 2, 2 al. —

Acc. to auspicor, II., begun:

in bello male auspicato,

Just. 4, 5. —

auspĭcātus, a, um, as P. a., fortunate, favorable, lucky, prosperous, auspicious:

cum Liviam auspicatis rei publicae ominibus duxisset uxorem,

Vell. 2, 79, 2.— Comp.:

Venus auspicatior,

Cat. 45, 26:

arbor,

Plin. 13, 22, 38, § 118.— Sup.:

auspicatissimum exordium,

Quint. 10, 1, 85; Plin. Ep. 10, 28, 2:

initium,

Tac. G. 11.— Adv.: auspĭcātō, under a good omen, auspiciously:

ut ingrediare auspicato,

at a for tunate moment, in a lucky hour, Plaut. Pers. 4, 4, 57:

Haud auspicato huc me appuli,

Ter. And. 4, 5, 12:

qui auspicato a Chelidone surrexisset,

Cic. Verr. 1, 40, 144.— Comp. auspicatius:

auspicatius mutare nomen,

Plin. 3, 11, 16, § 105:

gigni,

id. 7, 9, 7, § 47.

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