auspicari
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;
pres. infin. - 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;
pres. pass. infin.
Examples
Thyestes
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from FABULAE
"...eminens despectat alte quercus et uincit nemus. hinc auspicari regna Tantalidae solent, hinc petere lapsis rebus ac dubiis..."Agamemnon
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from FABULAE
"...lares. hoc est uetustum Pelopiae limen domus; hinc auspicari regium capiti decus mos est Pelasgis, hoc sedent alti..."Liber IV
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...turbarentur. Plebes ad id maxime indignatione exarsit, quod auspicari, tamquam invisi dis immortalibus, negarentur posse; nec ante finis..."Liber II
Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus (Pliny the Younger) from EPISTVLARVM LIBRI DECEM
"...videatur, sic in foro pueros a centumviralibus causis auspicari, ut ab Homero in scholis. Nam hic quoque..."