auspicium
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Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Derived from auspex (“augur, priest”).
Noun[edit]
auspicium n (genitive auspiciī); second declension
- divination, augury (by watching birds)
- auspices
- sign, indication
Inflection[edit]
| 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[edit]
References[edit]
- 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 Félix Gaffiot’s Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette (1934)
- 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
