auspicium
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Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From auspex (“augur, priest”) + -ium.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /au̯sˈpi.ki.um/, [äu̯s̠ˈpɪkiʊ̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /au̯sˈpi.t͡ʃi.um/, [äu̯sˈpiːt͡ʃium]
Noun[edit]
auspicium n (genitive auspiciī or auspicī); second declension
- divination, augury (by watching birds)
- auspices
- sign, indication
Declension[edit]
Second-declension noun (neuter).
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[edit]
References[edit]
- “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