auspicor

Latin

Etymology

From auspex (“augur, soothsayer”) +‎ -ō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈau̯s.pi.kor/, [ˈäu̯s̠pɪkɔr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈau̯s.pi.kor/, [ˈäu̯spikor]

Verb

auspicor (present infinitive auspicārī, perfect active auspicātus sum); first conjugation, deponent

1. to take the auspices
2. to begin or undertake under good auspices
3. to begin, undertake, enter upon

Conjugation

Conjugation of auspicor (first conjugation, deponent)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	auspicor	auspicāris, auspicāre	auspicātur	auspicāmur	auspicāminī	auspicantur
	imperfect	auspicābar	auspicābāris, auspicābāre	auspicābātur	auspicābāmur	auspicābāminī	auspicābantur
	future	auspicābor	auspicāberis, auspicābere	auspicābitur	auspicābimur	auspicābiminī	auspicābuntur
	perfect	auspicātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	auspicātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	auspicātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	auspicer	auspicēris, auspicēre	auspicētur	auspicēmur	auspicēminī	auspicentur
	imperfect	auspicārer	auspicārēris, auspicārēre	auspicārētur	auspicārēmur	auspicārēminī	auspicārentur
	perfect	auspicātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	auspicātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	auspicāre	—	—	auspicāminī	—
	future	—	auspicātor	auspicātor	—	—	auspicantor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		auspicārī	auspicātum esse	auspicātūrum esse	—	—	—
participles		auspicāns	auspicātus	auspicātūrus	—	—	auspicandus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		auspicandī	auspicandō	auspicandum	auspicandō	auspicātum	auspicātū

Derived terms

• auspicābilis
• auspicālis
• auspicātō
• auspicātus

Related terms

• auspex
• auspicium

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^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to take the auspices, observe the flight of birds: augurium agere, auspicari (N. D. 2. 4. 11)