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
- D
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..." - P
Liber IV
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from HISTORIAE
"...seditionibus et plerisque gratus vaecordi facundia. At Iulius Auspex e primoribus Remorum, vim Romanam pacisque bona dissertans..."