"augur" meaning in Latin

See augur in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: [ˈau̯.ɡʊr] [Classical-Latin], [ˈaːu̯.ɡur] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: According to De Vaan, Proto-Italic *augos ~ *augezos n, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éwgos; compare Sanskrit ओजस् (ojas, “strength, vigor”), Avestan 𐬀𐬊𐬘𐬀𐬵 (aojah), 𐬀𐬊𐬔𐬀𐬵 (aogah, “might, power”) as well as Latin augeō (“to increase”), augustus (< *augos-tos). The noun *augos would have developed from "reinforcement" to "(one) who makes grow". However, it is not clear why the term is not inflected like other neuter s-stems. The expected declension pattern, if the aforementioned theory is accepted, would be *augus ~ *augeris. The term might have leveled the e/o-variation in the suffix, yielding *augos ~ *augoris. There is attestation of a similar development in fulgur ~ fulguris, though there is attestation for the unassimilated stem fulgor-, whereas there is no evidence for augor-. It is also unclear how a neuter verbal abstract become a masculine noun denoting the role of a religious official. There are few other parallels for original neuter s-stems coming to refer to animate entities, and all of them are either doubtful or have special explanations. For instance, Venus f reflects Proto-Indo-European *wénh₁-os ~ *wénh₁-es-os, though it specifically refers to a goddess who functioned as the personification of love, and its case is therefore not an exact match for the situation of augus. Etymology templates: {{inh|la|itc-pro|*augos|*augos ~ *augezos|g=n}} Proto-Italic *augos ~ *augezos n, {{inh|la|ine-pro|*h₂ewg-|*h₂éwgos}} Proto-Indo-European *h₂éwgos, {{cog|sa|ओजस्||strength, vigor}} Sanskrit ओजस् (ojas, “strength, vigor”), {{cog|ae|𐬀𐬊𐬘𐬀𐬵}} Avestan 𐬀𐬊𐬘𐬀𐬵 (aojah), {{inh|la|ine-pro|*wenh₁-|*wénh₁-os ~ *wénh₁-es-os|nocat=1}} Proto-Indo-European *wénh₁-os ~ *wénh₁-es-os Head templates: {{la-noun|augur&lt;3&gt;|g=m|g2=f}} augur m or f (genitive auguris); third declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|augur&lt;3&gt;}} Forms: auguris [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], augur [nominative, singular], augurēs [nominative, plural], auguris [genitive, singular], augurum [genitive, plural], augurī [dative, singular], auguribus [dative, plural], augurem [accusative, singular], augurēs [accusative, plural], augure [ablative, singular], auguribus [ablative, plural], augur [singular, vocative], augurēs [plural, vocative], auger [alternative]
  1. augur (priest, diviner, or soothsayer, one who foretold the future in part by interpreting the song and flight of birds) Tags: declension-3, feminine, masculine Synonyms: auspex Derived forms: augurium, augurō Coordinate_terms: haruspex, auspex

Inflected forms

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      "lang": "Picard",
      "lang_code": "pcd",
      "word": "aüre"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "lang_code": "ca",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "àugur"
    },
    {
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          "lang_code": "ga",
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        }
      ],
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      "lang_code": "en",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "augur"
    },
    {
      "lang": "French",
      "lang_code": "fr",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "augure"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Koine Greek",
      "lang_code": "grc-koi",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "roman": "aúgour",
      "word": "αὔγουρ"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Italian",
      "lang_code": "it",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "augure"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "lang_code": "pt",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "áugure"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "lang_code": "ro",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "augur"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Russian",
      "lang_code": "ru",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed",
        "m"
      ],
      "roman": "avgúr",
      "word": "авгу́р"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Sicilian",
      "lang_code": "scn",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "àuguri"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "lang_code": "es",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "augur"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "itc-pro",
        "3": "*augos",
        "4": "*augos ~ *augezos",
        "g": "n"
      },
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      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*h₂ewg-",
        "4": "*h₂éwgos"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *h₂éwgos",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sa",
        "2": "ओजस्",
        "3": "",
        "4": "strength, vigor"
      },
      "expansion": "Sanskrit ओजस् (ojas, “strength, vigor”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ae",
        "2": "𐬀𐬊𐬘𐬀𐬵"
      },
      "expansion": "Avestan 𐬀𐬊𐬘𐬀𐬵 (aojah)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*wenh₁-",
        "4": "*wénh₁-os ~ *wénh₁-es-os",
        "nocat": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *wénh₁-os ~ *wénh₁-es-os",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "According to De Vaan, Proto-Italic *augos ~ *augezos n, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éwgos; compare Sanskrit ओजस् (ojas, “strength, vigor”), Avestan 𐬀𐬊𐬘𐬀𐬵 (aojah), 𐬀𐬊𐬔𐬀𐬵 (aogah, “might, power”) as well as Latin augeō (“to increase”), augustus (< *augos-tos). The noun *augos would have developed from \"reinforcement\" to \"(one) who makes grow\". However, it is not clear why the term is not inflected like other neuter s-stems. The expected declension pattern, if the aforementioned theory is accepted, would be *augus ~ *augeris. The term might have leveled the e/o-variation in the suffix, yielding *augos ~ *augoris. There is attestation of a similar development in fulgur ~ fulguris, though there is attestation for the unassimilated stem fulgor-, whereas there is no evidence for augor-. It is also unclear how a neuter verbal abstract become a masculine noun denoting the role of a religious official. There are few other parallels for original neuter s-stems coming to refer to animate entities, and all of them are either doubtful or have special explanations. For instance, Venus f reflects Proto-Indo-European *wénh₁-os ~ *wénh₁-es-os, though it specifically refers to a goddess who functioned as the personification of love, and its case is therefore not an exact match for the situation of augus.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "auguris",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "la-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "augur",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "augurēs",
      "links": [
        [
          "augurēs",
          "augures#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "auguris",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "augurum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "augurī",
      "links": [
        [
          "augurī",
          "auguri#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "auguribus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "augurem",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "augurēs",
      "links": [
        [
          "augurēs",
          "augures#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "augure",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "auguribus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "augur",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "augurēs",
      "links": [
        [
          "augurēs",
          "augures#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "auger",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "augur<3>",
        "g": "m",
        "g2": "f"
      },
      "expansion": "augur m or f (genitive auguris); third declension",
      "name": "la-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "augur<3>"
      },
      "name": "la-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin feminine nouns in the third declension",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin masculine nouns in the third declension",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 9 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "coordinate_terms": [
        {
          "word": "haruspex"
        },
        {
          "word": "auspex"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "word": "augurium"
        },
        {
          "word": "augurō"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "You turn timid ears to the first word spoken,\nand the augur interprets the first bird seen.",
          "ref": "8 CE, Ovidius, Fasti 1.179–180",
          "roman": "et vīsam prīmum cōnsulit augur avem.",
          "text": "ad prīmam vōcem timidās advertitis aurēs,",
          "translation": "You turn timid ears to the first word spoken,\nand the augur interprets the first bird seen.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "augur (priest, diviner, or soothsayer, one who foretold the future in part by interpreting the song and flight of birds)"
      ],
      "id": "en-augur-la-noun-x4Z58OAE",
      "links": [
        [
          "augur",
          "augur#English"
        ],
        [
          "priest",
          "priest"
        ],
        [
          "diviner",
          "diviner"
        ],
        [
          "soothsayer",
          "soothsayer"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "auspex"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3",
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈau̯.ɡʊr]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈaːu̯.ɡur]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "augur"
}
{
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    {
      "word": "haruspex"
    },
    {
      "word": "auspex"
    }
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "augurium"
    },
    {
      "word": "augurō"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "lang": "Picard",
      "lang_code": "pcd",
      "word": "aüre"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "lang_code": "ca",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "àugur"
    },
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "lang": "Irish",
          "lang_code": "ga",
          "raw_tags": [
            "borrowed"
          ],
          "word": "ágar"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "English",
      "lang_code": "en",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "augur"
    },
    {
      "lang": "French",
      "lang_code": "fr",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "augure"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Koine Greek",
      "lang_code": "grc-koi",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "roman": "aúgour",
      "word": "αὔγουρ"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Italian",
      "lang_code": "it",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "augure"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "lang_code": "pt",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "áugure"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "lang_code": "ro",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "augur"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Russian",
      "lang_code": "ru",
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        "borrowed",
        "m"
      ],
      "roman": "avgúr",
      "word": "авгу́р"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Sicilian",
      "lang_code": "scn",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "àuguri"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "lang_code": "es",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "augur"
    }
  ],
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        "3": "*augos",
        "4": "*augos ~ *augezos",
        "g": "n"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Italic *augos ~ *augezos n",
      "name": "inh"
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    {
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        "3": "",
        "4": "strength, vigor"
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      "expansion": "Sanskrit ओजस् (ojas, “strength, vigor”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
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      "args": {
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        "2": "𐬀𐬊𐬘𐬀𐬵"
      },
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      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*wenh₁-",
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        "nocat": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *wénh₁-os ~ *wénh₁-es-os",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "According to De Vaan, Proto-Italic *augos ~ *augezos n, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éwgos; compare Sanskrit ओजस् (ojas, “strength, vigor”), Avestan 𐬀𐬊𐬘𐬀𐬵 (aojah), 𐬀𐬊𐬔𐬀𐬵 (aogah, “might, power”) as well as Latin augeō (“to increase”), augustus (< *augos-tos). The noun *augos would have developed from \"reinforcement\" to \"(one) who makes grow\". However, it is not clear why the term is not inflected like other neuter s-stems. The expected declension pattern, if the aforementioned theory is accepted, would be *augus ~ *augeris. The term might have leveled the e/o-variation in the suffix, yielding *augos ~ *augoris. There is attestation of a similar development in fulgur ~ fulguris, though there is attestation for the unassimilated stem fulgor-, whereas there is no evidence for augor-. It is also unclear how a neuter verbal abstract become a masculine noun denoting the role of a religious official. There are few other parallels for original neuter s-stems coming to refer to animate entities, and all of them are either doubtful or have special explanations. For instance, Venus f reflects Proto-Indo-European *wénh₁-os ~ *wénh₁-es-os, though it specifically refers to a goddess who functioned as the personification of love, and its case is therefore not an exact match for the situation of augus.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "auguris",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "la-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "augur",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "augurēs",
      "links": [
        [
          "augurēs",
          "augures#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "auguris",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "augurum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "augurī",
      "links": [
        [
          "augurī",
          "auguri#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "auguribus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "augurem",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "augurēs",
      "links": [
        [
          "augurēs",
          "augures#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "augure",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "auguribus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "augur",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "augurēs",
      "links": [
        [
          "augurēs",
          "augures#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "auger",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "augur<3>",
        "g": "m",
        "g2": "f"
      },
      "expansion": "augur m or f (genitive auguris); third declension",
      "name": "la-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "augur<3>"
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      "name": "la-ndecl"
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  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Latin 2-syllable words",
        "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
        "Latin feminine nouns",
        "Latin feminine nouns in the third declension",
        "Latin lemmas",
        "Latin masculine nouns",
        "Latin masculine nouns in the third declension",
        "Latin nouns",
        "Latin nouns with multiple genders",
        "Latin terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
        "Latin terms derived from Proto-Italic",
        "Latin terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European",
        "Latin terms inherited from Proto-Italic",
        "Latin terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Latin terms with quotations",
        "Latin third declension nouns",
        "Pages with 9 entries",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "You turn timid ears to the first word spoken,\nand the augur interprets the first bird seen.",
          "ref": "8 CE, Ovidius, Fasti 1.179–180",
          "roman": "et vīsam prīmum cōnsulit augur avem.",
          "text": "ad prīmam vōcem timidās advertitis aurēs,",
          "translation": "You turn timid ears to the first word spoken,\nand the augur interprets the first bird seen.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "augur (priest, diviner, or soothsayer, one who foretold the future in part by interpreting the song and flight of birds)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "augur",
          "augur#English"
        ],
        [
          "priest",
          "priest"
        ],
        [
          "diviner",
          "diviner"
        ],
        [
          "soothsayer",
          "soothsayer"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3",
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈau̯.ɡʊr]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈaːu̯.ɡur]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "auspex"
    }
  ],
  "word": "augur"
}

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