auspex

[ aw-speks ]
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noun,plural aus·pi·ces [aw-spuh-seez]. /ˈɔ spəˌsiz/.
  1. an augur of ancient Rome.

Origin of auspex

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1590–1600; <Latin: one who observes birds, soothsayer, diviner, equivalent to au-, base of avis bird + -spex watcher (spec-, stem of specere to look at) + -s nominative singular suffix

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auspex

/ (ˈɔːspɛks) /


nounplural auspices (ˈɔːspɪˌsiːz)
  1. Roman history another word for augur (def. 1)

Origin of auspex

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C16: from Latin: observer of birds, from avis bird + specere to look

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