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  • 1 auspicium

        auspicium ī, n    [auspex], divination by the flight of birds, augury from birds, auspices: comitia auspiciis impedire: auspicia habere, authority to take the auspices, L.: observare, L.—A sign, omen, divine premonition, indication by augury: optimis auspiciis ea geri: alitem auspicium fecisse, L.: melioribus auspiciis, under better omens, V.: cui (diviti) si libido Fecerit auspicium, i. e. an impulse, H. — Since only the chief in command could take the auspices for the army, command, guidance, authority: ductu auspicioque eius res gerere, L.: tuis Auspiciis confecta duella, H.: Illius auspiciis moenia victa, O.: maioribus ire auspiciis, i. e. of Jupiter himself, V. — Right, power, inclination, will: meis ducere vitam Auspiciis, V.: populum paribus regamus Auspiciis, V.
    * * *
    divination (by birds); omen; beginning; auspices (pl.); right of doing auspices

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  • 2 auspicium

    I.
    A.. Lit.:

    auspicia avium,

    Plin. 7, 56, 57, § 203 (as if overlooking the origin of auspicium): praetor auspicat auspicium prosperum, Naev. ap. Non. p. 468, 28: Dant (Romulus et Remus) operam simul auspicio augurioque etc., Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 48, 107 (Ann. v. 81 sq. Vahl.:

    pullarium in auspicium mittit,

    Liv. 10, 40, 2:

    ab auspicio bono proficisci, of marriage,

    Cat. 45, 19 Ellis (cf. auspex, II. A. 2.) et saep.; cf.

    the class. passages,

    Cic. Div. 1, 47 sq.; 2, 34 sq.; Liv. 6, 41, 4 sq.—So auspicium habere, to have the right of taking auspices (which, in the performance of civil duties, was possessed by all magistrates, but, in time of war, only by the commander - in - chief):

    omnes magistratus auspicium judiciumque habento,

    Cic. Leg. 3, 3, 10:

    quod nemo plebeius auspicia haberet,

    Liv. 4, 6, 2.—Of the commander - in - chief:

    expugnatum oppidumst Imperio atque auspicio mei eri Amphitruonis,

    Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 37:

    Ut gesserit rem publicam ductu, imperio, auspicio suo,

    id. ib. 1, 1, 41;

    2, 2, 25: qui ductu auspicioque ejus res prospere gesserant,

    Liv. 5, 46, 6; 8, 31, 1; 10, 7, 7; 41, 28, 1 al.;

    21, 40, 3: recepta signa ductu Germanici, auspiciis Tiberii,

    Tac. A. 2, 41:

    Septentrionalis oceanus navigatus est auspiciis divi Augusti,

    Plin. 2, 67, 67, § 167:

    alia ductu meo, alia imperio auspicioque perdomui,

    Curt. 6, 3, 2:

    domuit partim ductu partim auspiciis suis Cantabriam, etc.,

    Suet. Aug. 21 Ruhnk.—And so absol.:

    vates rege vatis habenas, Auspicio felix totus ut annus eat (sc. tuo),

    Ov. F. 1, 26 Merk.—Hence for the chief command, guidance:

    tuis auspiciis totum confecta duella per orbem,

    Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 254 Schmid:

    Illius auspiciis obsessae moenia pacem Victa petent Mutinae,

    Ov. M. 15, 822.—And, in gen., right, power, inclination, will:

    Me si fata meis paterentur ducere vitam Auspiciis et sponte meā componere curas, etc.,

    Verg. A. 4, 341:

    Communem hunc ergo populum paribusque regamus Auspiciis,

    id. ib. 4, 103 (aequali potestate, Serv.).—
    B.
    Transf., in gen., a sign, omen, a divine premonition or token:

    Liquido exeo auspicio foras, Avi sinistrā,

    Plaut. Ep. 2, 2, 2; so id. Ps. 2, 4, 72:

    optimum,

    id. Stich. 3, 2, 6: dicere ausus est optimis auspiciis ea geri, Cic. Sen. 4, 11:

    quae contra rem publicam ferrentur, contra auspicia ferri,

    id. ib.:

    melius,

    Plaut. Men. 5, 9, 88:

    vanum,

    Prop. 1, 3, 28:

    infaustum,

    Verg. A. 11, 347:

    felix,

    Just. 1, 10 al. —So, auspicium facere, of things which give signs, tokens, omens:

    augurium haec (mustela) facit,

    Plaut. Stich. 3, 2, 10:

    cur aliis a laevā, aliis a dexterā datum est avibus, ut ratum auspicium facere possint?

    Cic. Div. 2, 38, 80:

    circa summum culmen hominis auspicium fecisse,

    Liv. 1, 34, 9.— Poet.: cui (diviti) si vitiosa libido Fecerit auspicium, gave him a token (viz. for changing), urged him to a new decision, Hor, Ep. 1, 1, 86.—
    II.
    Trop., = initium, a beginning (cf. auspicor, II., and auspex, II. B.):

    auspicia belli a parricidio incipientes,

    Just. 26, 2, 2:

    auspicia regni a parricidio coepit,

    id. 27, 1.

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  • 3 in-augurō

        in-augurō āvī, ātus, āre,    to take omens from the flight of birds, practise augury, divine: ad inaugurandum templa capiunt, L.: divine tu, inaugura, fierine possit, L.—To hallow by augury, consecrate, inaugurate, install: vide, qui te inauguret: augur in locum eius inauguratus est, L.

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  • 4 auger

    augur, ŭris (earlier also auger, Prisc. p. 554 P.), comm. (cf. Prob. p. 1455 P., and Phoc. p. 1695 P.) [avis and Sanscr. gar, to call, to show, make known. Van.], an auqur, diviner, soothsayer; at Rome, a member of a particular college of priests, much reverenced in earlier ages, who made known the future by observing the lightning, the flight or notes of birds, the feeding of the sacred fowls, certain appearances of quadrupeds, and any unusual occurrences (v dirae).
    I.
    Lit.:

    Interpretes Jovis optumi maxumi, publici augures,

    Cic. Leg. 2, 8, 20; Fest. s. v. quinque, p. 26 Müll.; Serv. ad Verg. A. 3, 537; and others cited in Müll. Etrusk. 2, p. 116 sq., and Smith, Dict. Antiq. (diff. from auspex, orig. as a general idea from a particular one, since the auspex observed only the flight of birds; cf. Non. p. 429, 26. Yet as this latter kind of augury was the most common, the two words are frequently interchanged or employed in connection; cf. Enn. ap. Cic. Div 1, 48, 107: dant operam simul auspicio augurioque).—
    II.
    Transf., any soothsayer, diviner, seer, in gen.: augur Apollo, as god of prophecy (v. Apollo), Hor. C. 1, 2, 32; so,

    augur Phoebus,

    id. C. S. 61:

    Argivus,

    i.e. Amphiaraus, id. C. 3, 16, 11; id. Ep. 1, 20, 9; Prop. 3, 14, 3:

    veri providus augur Thestorides,

    i. e. Calchas, Ov. M. 12, 18; 12, 307; 15, 596; 3, 349;

    3, 512 al.: nocturnae imaginis augur,

    interpreter of night-visions, id. Am. 3, 5, 31:

    pessimus in dubiis augur timor,

    fear, the basest prophet, Stat. Th. 3, 6.— Fem.:

    aquae nisi fallit augur Annosa cornix,

    Hor. C. 3, 17, 12:

    simque augur cassa futuri!

    Stat. Th. 9, 629; Vulg. Deut. 18, 14; ib. Isa. 2, 6; ib. Jer. 27, 9:

    augures caeli,

    ib. Isa. 47, 13.

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  • 5 augur

    augur, ŭris (earlier also auger, Prisc. p. 554 P.), comm. (cf. Prob. p. 1455 P., and Phoc. p. 1695 P.) [avis and Sanscr. gar, to call, to show, make known. Van.], an auqur, diviner, soothsayer; at Rome, a member of a particular college of priests, much reverenced in earlier ages, who made known the future by observing the lightning, the flight or notes of birds, the feeding of the sacred fowls, certain appearances of quadrupeds, and any unusual occurrences (v dirae).
    I.
    Lit.:

    Interpretes Jovis optumi maxumi, publici augures,

    Cic. Leg. 2, 8, 20; Fest. s. v. quinque, p. 26 Müll.; Serv. ad Verg. A. 3, 537; and others cited in Müll. Etrusk. 2, p. 116 sq., and Smith, Dict. Antiq. (diff. from auspex, orig. as a general idea from a particular one, since the auspex observed only the flight of birds; cf. Non. p. 429, 26. Yet as this latter kind of augury was the most common, the two words are frequently interchanged or employed in connection; cf. Enn. ap. Cic. Div 1, 48, 107: dant operam simul auspicio augurioque).—
    II.
    Transf., any soothsayer, diviner, seer, in gen.: augur Apollo, as god of prophecy (v. Apollo), Hor. C. 1, 2, 32; so,

    augur Phoebus,

    id. C. S. 61:

    Argivus,

    i.e. Amphiaraus, id. C. 3, 16, 11; id. Ep. 1, 20, 9; Prop. 3, 14, 3:

    veri providus augur Thestorides,

    i. e. Calchas, Ov. M. 12, 18; 12, 307; 15, 596; 3, 349;

    3, 512 al.: nocturnae imaginis augur,

    interpreter of night-visions, id. Am. 3, 5, 31:

    pessimus in dubiis augur timor,

    fear, the basest prophet, Stat. Th. 3, 6.— Fem.:

    aquae nisi fallit augur Annosa cornix,

    Hor. C. 3, 17, 12:

    simque augur cassa futuri!

    Stat. Th. 9, 629; Vulg. Deut. 18, 14; ib. Isa. 2, 6; ib. Jer. 27, 9:

    augures caeli,

    ib. Isa. 47, 13.

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  • 6 inauguro

    ĭn-augŭro, āvi, ātum, 1, v. n. and a.
    I.
    Lit. To take omens from the flight of birds, to practise augury, to divine:

    per sacram viam augures ex arce profecti solent inaugurare,

    Varr. L. L. 5, § 47 Müll.: impetritum, inauguratum'st:

    quovis admittunt aves,

    Plaut. As. 2, 1, 11:

    Palatinum Romulus, Aventinum Remus ad inaugurandum templa capiunt,

    Liv. 1, 6, 4:

    agedum, divine tu, inaugura, fierine possit, quod nunc ego mente concipio,

    Liv. 1, 36, 4. —Hence,
    b.
    inaugŭrāto, adv. (lit. abl. absol.), after consulting the birds:

    id quia inaugurato Romulus fecerat,

    Liv. 1, 36, 3:

    consecrare locum,

    id. 1, 44, 4.—
    II.
    Transf.
    A.
    To give a certain sanctity to a place or (official) person by ceremony of consulting the flight of birds, to consecrate, inaugurate, install:

    locum,

    Liv. 3, 20, 6: VRBEM (Romulus) Calend. Praenest. ap. Inscr. Orell. 2, p. 386: cur non inaugurare? Sume diem;

    vide, qui te inauguret,

    Cic. Phil. 2, 43, 110:

    augur in locum ejus inauguratus est filius,

    Liv. 30, 26, 10; so,

    aliquem flaminem,

    id. 27, 8, 4; 41, 28, 7.—
    B.
    In gen., to install:

    cena et poculis magnis inauguratur (dux latronum),

    App. M. 7, p. 191: comitia, quae habentur aut regis aut flaminum inaugurandorum causa, Lab. ap. Gell. 15, 27, 1:

    si flamines Diales inaugurentur,

    Gai. Inst. 1, 130.

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