auspex
Dictionary entries
- Entry →auspex, auspicis:
Common · Noun · 3rd declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Field:
- Religion
diviner by birds, augur; soothsayer; patron, supporter; wedding functionary;
nom. sg.voc. sg.
Examples
Satura X
Decimus Iunius Iuvenalis (Juvenal) from SATVRAE
"...ritu decies centena dabuntur antiquo, ueniet cum signatoribus auspex. haec tu secreta et paucis commissa putabas? non nisi..."Liber IV
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from HISTORIAE
"...seditionibus et plerisque gratus vaecordi facundia. At Iulius Auspex e primoribus Remorum, vim Romanam pacisque bona dissertans..."