auspicium
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Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From auspex (“augur, priest”) + -ium.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /au̯sˈpi.ki.um/, [äu̯s̠ˈpɪkiʊ̃ˑ]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /au̯sˈpi.t͡ʃi.um/, [ɑu̯sˈpiːt͡ʃium]
Noun[edit]
auspicium n (genitive auspiciī or auspicī); second declension
- divination, augury (by watching birds)
- auspices
- sign, indication
Declension[edit]
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[edit]
References[edit]
- auspicium in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1879
- auspicium in Charlton T. Lewis, An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers, 1891
- auspicium in Gaffiot, Félix, Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette, 1934
- auspicium in Harry Thurston Peck, editor, Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers, 1898
- auspicium in William Smith et al., editor, A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin, 1890