"auspex" meaning in Latin

See auspex in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: [ˈau̯s.pɛks] [Classical-Latin], [ˈau̯s.peks] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ew-der.? Proto-Indo-European *h₂éwis Proto-Italic *awis Latin avis Proto-Italic *speks Latin *-spex Latin *avispeks Latin auspex By syncope from earlier *avi-spex (“who examines (the flight of) the birds”), equivalent to avis, avi- (“bird”) + speciō (“to watch; to observe”) + -s, with contraction of avi- to au-; compare auceps. Etymology templates: {{etymon|la|:from|la:<alt:*avispeks><ety:af<la:avis><la:<alt:*-spex><ety:inh<itc-pro:*speks>>>>|tree=1}} Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ew-der.? Proto-Indo-European *h₂éwis Proto-Italic *awis Latin avis Proto-Italic *speks Latin *-spex Latin *avispeks Latin auspex [Appendix:Glossary#derived_terms|Derived]] from", "terms" : [ { "id" : "dress", "children" : [ ], "status" : "missing", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*h₂ew-", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*h₂éwis", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Italic", "term" : "*awis", "lang" : "itc-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "avis", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" }, { "alt" : "*-spex", "lang_name" : "Latin", "status" : "inline", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Italic", "term" : "*speks", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "itc-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "auspex", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" }" data-lang="la" data-title="auspex">, {{af|la|avis|speciō|-s|alt1=avis, avi-|t1=bird|t2=to watch; to observe}} avis, avi- (“bird”) + speciō (“to watch; to observe”) + -s Head templates: {{la-noun|auspex<3>|g=m}} auspex m (genitive auspicis); third declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|auspex<3>}} Forms: auspicis [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], auspex [nominative, singular], auspicēs [nominative, plural], auspicis [genitive, singular], auspicum [genitive, plural], auspicī [dative, singular], auspicibus [dative, plural], auspicem [accusative, singular], auspicēs [accusative, plural], auspice [ablative, singular], auspicibus [ablative, plural], auspex [singular, vocative], auspicēs [plural, vocative]
  1. an augur Tags: declension-3, masculine
    Sense id: en-auspex-la-noun-tFtF89hF Categories (other): Latin masculine nouns in the third declension, Latin terms suffixed with -s Disambiguation of Latin masculine nouns in the third declension: 54 46 Disambiguation of Latin terms suffixed with -s: 58 42
  2. an officiating priest Tags: declension-3, masculine
    Sense id: en-auspex-la-noun-ULp~DGhh Categories (other): Latin entries with etymology trees, Latin entries with etymon, Latin entries with incorrect language header, Latin masculine nouns in the third declension Disambiguation of Latin entries with etymology trees: 34 66 Disambiguation of Latin entries with etymon: 12 88 Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 22 78 Disambiguation of Latin masculine nouns in the third declension: 54 46
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: auspicium, auspicor Related terms: haruspex
Categories (other): Divination Disambiguation of Divination: 0 0

Inflected forms

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