auspexn.

/ˈɔːspɛks/

Forms: Plural auspices.

Etymology: Latin, contraction for avispex, < avis bird + -spex an observer, < specĕre to behold, observe.

Roman History.

One who observed the flight of birds, to take omens thence for the guidance of affairs; hence, a director, protector; and esp. the person who superintended marriage ceremonies.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > divination by natural phenomena > divination by birds, augury > [noun] > one who practises > in ancient Rome

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1598 R. Grenewey tr. Tacitus Annales xi. ix. 151 Shee should heare the words of the Auspices, or hand-fasters.

1647 R. Stapleton tr. Juvenal Sixteen Satyrs 206 An auspex to divine by the flying of the birds the future felicity of her marriage.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online March 2021).

单词	auspex
释义	auspexn. /ˈɔːspɛks/ Forms: Plural auspices. Etymology: Latin, contraction for avispex, < avis bird + -spex an observer, < specĕre to behold, observe. Roman History. One who observed the flight of birds, to take omens thence for the guidance of affairs; hence, a director, protector; and esp. the person who superintended marriage ceremonies. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > divination by natural phenomena > divination by birds, augury > [noun] > one who practises > in ancient Rome augura1393 auspex1598 auspicinator1652 1598 R. Grenewey tr. Tacitus Annales xi. ix. 151 Shee should heare the words of the Auspices, or hand-fasters. 1647 R. Stapleton tr. Juvenal Sixteen Satyrs 206 An auspex to divine by the flying of the birds the future felicity of her marriage. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < n.1598
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