auspex
Latin
Etymology
From *avi-spex (“who examines (the flight of) the birds”).The first part of the word is the stem of avis (“bird”).The second part is related to specere, speciō (“to watch, observe”).[1]See also haruspex.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈau̯s.peks/, [ˈau̯s.pɛks]
Noun
auspex m (genitive auspicis); third declension
- an augur
- an officiating priest
Inflection
Third declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | auspex | auspicēs |
| Genitive | auspicis | auspicum |
| Dative | auspicī | auspicibus |
| Accusative | auspicem | auspicēs |
| Ablative | auspice | auspicibus |
| Vocative | auspex | auspicēs |
Synonyms
- augur
Derived terms
- auspicium
References
- auspex in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- auspex in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- auspex in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
- auspex in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- auspex in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
- Jacqueline Picoche, Jean-Claude Rolland, Dictionnaire étymologique du français, Paris 2009, Dictionnaires Le Robert, →ISBN; dépit, oie