auspicium

Latin

Etymology

From auspex (“augur, priest”) +‎ -ium.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /au̯sˈpi.ki.um/, [äu̯s̠ˈpɪkiʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /au̯sˈpi.t͡ʃi.um/, [äu̯sˈpiːt͡ʃium]

Noun

auspicium n (genitive auspiciī or auspicī); second declension

1. divination, augury (by watching birds)
2. auspices
3. sign, indication

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	auspicium	auspicia
Genitive	auspiciī auspicī1	auspiciōrum
Dative	auspiciō	auspiciīs
Accusative	auspicium	auspicia
Ablative	auspiciō	auspiciīs
Vocative	auspicium	auspicia

¹Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

Descendants

• Italian: auspicio
• Catalan: auspici
• English: auspice
• French: auspices
• Galician: auspicio
• German: Auspizien
• → Portuguese: auspício
• Romanian: auspiciu
• Spanish: auspicio

References

• “auspicium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “auspicium”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• auspicium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “auspicium”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “auspicium”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin