auspicium

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /au̯sˈpi.ki.um/, [au̯sˈpɪ.ki.ũ]

Noun

auspicium n (genitive auspiciī); second declension

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

Inflection

Second declension.

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

• English: auspice
• French: auspices
• German: Auspizien

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