AUGUR Copy link • AUGUR 1. s. augur. [Vid: PROPHET] Augur’s-staff, lituus. 2. v. TRANS., praedicere: praenunciare (general term): vaticinari (to prophesy anything): canere (to prophesy in verse or rhythm): augurari (to foretell by the flight of birds, etc.; then generally). To augur (= anticipate) anything, aliquid augurari; aliquid opinione, or conjectura (Cic.), or mente (Curt.) augurari. To augur anybody’s fate, praedicere, quid alicui eventurum sit: his death, alicui mortem augurari. INTRANS., futura praedicere: praenunciare: vaticinari (to prophesy; be a vates).