auspicandi
Dictionary entries
- Entry →auspicor, auspicari, auspicatus sum:
Verb · 1st conjugation · Deponent
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
take auspices; seek omens; begin with auspices, make ceremonial start; portend;
gen. sg. fut. part.gen. sg. fut. part.nom. pl. fut. part.voc. pl. fut. part. - Entry →auspico, auspicare, auspicavi, auspicatus:
Verb · 1st conjugation
- Frequency:
- Uncommon
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
take auspices; seek omens; begin with auspices, make ceremonial start; portend;
gen. sg. fut. pass. part.gen. sg. fut. pass. part.nom. pl. fut. pass. part.voc. pl. fut. pass. part.
Examples
Liber III
Aulus Gellius
"...noctem inlucescit. Ad hoc ritus quoque et mos auspicandi eandem esse observationem docet: nam magistratus, quando..."Liber IV
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from ANNALES
"...fuit ut feriarum Latinarum diebus praefectum urbis Drusum, auspicandi gratia tribunal ingressum, adierit Calpumius Salvianus in Sextum Marium..."Liber III
Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus (Pliny the Younger) from EPISTVLARVM LIBRI DECEM
"...incredibile studium, summa vigilantia. Lucubrare Vulcanalibus incipiebat non auspicandi causa sed studendi statim a nocte multa, hieme vero..."