auspicor

Latin

Alternative forms

• auspicō

Etymology

Etymology tree

Latin auspex

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti

Proto-Italic *-āō

Latin -ō

Latin auspicor

From auspex (“augur, soothsayer”) + -ō. Compare suspicor, dēspicor and cōnspicor.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈau̯s.pɪ.kɔr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈau̯s.pi.kor]

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		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		auspicārī			—			auspicāns			—
future		auspicātūrum esse			—			auspicātūrus			auspicandus
perfect		auspicātum esse			—			auspicātus			—
future perfect		auspicātum fore			—			—			—
perfect potential		auspicātūrum fuisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		auspicandī		auspicandō		auspicandum		auspicandō		auspicātum		auspicātū

Derived terms

• auspicābilis
• auspicālis
• auspicātō
• auspicātus

Related terms

• 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)