augur Copy link Outline I. Lit.II. Transf., any soothsayer, diviner, seer ... ⓘaugur: masc nom sg • augur, ŭris (earlier also auger, Prisc. p. 554 P.), comm. (cf. Prob. p. 1455 P., and Phoc. p. 1695 P.) [avis and Sanscr. gar, to call, to show, make known. Van.], an auqur, diviner, soothsayer; at Rome, a member of a particular college of priests, much reverenced in earlier ages, who made known the future by observing the lightning, the flight or notes of birds, the feeding of the sacred fowls, certain appearances of quadrupeds, and any unusual occurrences (v dirae). I. Lit.: Interpretes Jovis optumi maxumi, publici augures, Cic. Leg. 2, 8, 20; Fest. s. v. quinque, p. 26 Müll.; Serv. ad Verg. A. 3, 537; and others cited in Müll. Etrusk. 2, p. 116 sq., and Smith, Dict. Antiq. (diff. from auspex, orig. as a general idea from a particular one, since the auspex observed only the flight of birds; cf. Non. p. 429, 26. Yet as this latter kind of augury was the most common, the two words are frequently interchanged or employed in connection; cf. Enn. ap. Cic. Div 1, 48, 107: dant operam simul auspicio augurioque).— II. Transf., any soothsayer, diviner, seer, in gen.: augur Apollo, as god of prophecy (v. Apollo), Hor. C. 1, 2, 32; so, augur Phoebus, id. C. S. 61: Argivus, i.e. Amphiaraus, id. C. 3, 16, 11; id. Ep. 1, 20, 9; Prop. 3, 14, 3: veri providus augur Thestorides, i. e. Calchas, Ov. M. 12, 18; 12, 307; 15, 596; 3, 349; 3, 512 al.: nocturnae imaginis augur, interpreter of night-visions, id. Am. 3, 5, 31: pessimus in dubiis augur timor, fear, the basest prophet, Stat. Th. 3, 6.—Fem.: aquae nisi fallit augur Annosa cornix, Hor. C. 3, 17, 12: simque augur cassa futuri! Stat. Th. 9, 629; Vulg. Deut. 18, 14; ib. Isa. 2, 6; ib. Jer. 27, 9: augures caeli, ib. Isa. 47, 13.
augŭr Copy link Outline 1 augure [membre d'un collège de prêtres, qui prédit l'avenir par l'observation principalement ...2 en gén. :a) quiconque prédit l'avenir : Apollon, qui révèle l'avenir ;b) quiconque interprète : l'interprète d'un songe || fém., la corneille qui annonce ... ⓘaugur: masc nom sg • augŭr, ŭris, m., 1. augure [membre d'un collège de prêtres, qui prédit l'avenir par l'observation principalement du vol, de la nourriture ou du chant des oiseaux] : Cic. Leg. 2, 20 ; Phil. 3, 12 2. en gén. : a) quiconque prédit l'avenir : Augur Apollo Hor. O. 1, 2, 32, Apollon, qui révèle l'avenir ; b) quiconque interprète : nocturnæ imaginis augur Ov. Am. 3, 5, 31, l'interprète d'un songe || fém., aquæ augur cornix Hor. O. 3, 17, 12, la corneille qui annonce la pluie ; augur cassa futuri Stat. Th. 9, 629, prophétesse menteuse || n., oracula augura Acc. Tr. 624, oracles qui prédisent. ➳ d'après P. Fest. 2, 1 augur = aviger, de avis et gero, d'où le vieux mot auger Prisc. Gramm. 1, 36.
augur Copy link ⓘaugur: masc nom sg AVGVR, uris. c. οἰωνοσκόπος Vet. Gloss. [οἰωνοπόλος] Ab auibus dictus sacerdos Romanus. […] 🗁 Page Scan
augur (subs.) Copy link • augur (subs.): augur, ŭris: to elect an a. (by cooptatio), augurem cooptare, Cic.; also a. creare, Liv.: the college of a.s, augurum collegium, Liv.: to consult the a.s, augures consulere, Liv. Phr.: the office of a.: augŭrātus, ūs: Cic.: an a.'s staff, lĭtŭus: Cic.: Liv.: augŭrāle, is, n.: Sen.: v. also soothsayer.
augur (v.) Copy link Outline 1. augŭror, 12. vātĭcĭnor • augur (v.): 1. augŭror, 1: Calchas a.'d the years of the Trojan war from the number of sparrows, Calchas ex passerum numero belli Trojani annos auguratus est, Cic.: also as v. act.: if the mind a.s any truth, si quid veri mens augurat, Virg. 2. vātĭcĭnor: v. to foretell, forebode, prophecy.
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).