auspicium
Latin
Etymology
From auspex (“augur, priest”) + -ium.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /au̯sˈpi.ki.um/, [au̯sˈpɪ.ki.ũ]
Noun
auspicium n (genitive auspiciī); second declension
- divination, augury (by watching birds)
- auspices
- sign, indication
Inflection
Second declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | auspicium | auspicia |
| Genitive | auspiciī auspicī1 | auspiciōrum |
| Dative | auspiciō | auspiciīs |
| Accusative | auspicium | auspicia |
| Ablative | auspiciō | auspiciīs |
| Vocative | auspicium | auspicia |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
Descendants
- English: auspice
- French: auspices
- German: Auspizien
- Spanish: auspicio
References
- auspicium in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- auspicium in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- auspicium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
- auspicium in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- auspicium in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin