auspex

IPA: ˈɔspɛks

Examples of "auspex" in Sentences

[14] Latin _auspicium_, from _auspex_, a bird seer.
coniugis et castris et solio generi50 optatum celebrare diem! me iungeret auspex
Is Teucer called auspex, as taking the auspices, like an augur, or as giving the auspices, like a god?
The English noun "auspice," which originally referred to this practice of observing birds to discover omens, also comes from Latin "auspex."
There are objections to both interpretations; a Roman imperator was not called auspex, though he was attended by an auspex, and was said to have the auspicia; auspex is frequently used of one who, as we should say, inaugurates an undertaking, but only if he is a god or a deified mortal.