inaugurate Copy link Outline 1. ĭnaugŭro, 12. auspĭcor, 1 (to take the auspices, esp. at the beginning of anything3. consecro, 1 • inaugurate: 1. ĭnaugŭro, 1: i. e. to set apart persons or things by augural sanction: e. g. flaminem in., Liv. 27, 8; locum in., Liv. 3, 20. 2. auspĭcor, 1 (to take the auspices, esp. at the beginning of anything: hence, to make a formal beginning): to i. the work of cultivation, a. culturarum officia, Col. 11, 2, init.: man i.s life with suffering, homo a suppliciis vitam a., Plin. 7, prooem. § 3: Suet. 3. consecro, 1: v. to consecrate, dedicate.