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

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
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