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augur

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English

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin augur, of uncertain origin; akin to augurō (“interpret omens”).

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Noun

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augur (plural augurs)

  1. A diviner who foretells events by the behaviour of birds or other animals, or by signs derived from celestial phenomena, or unusual occurrences.
    • a. 1701 (date written), John Dryden, “The First Book of Homer’s Ilias”, in The Miscellaneous Works of John Dryden, […], volume IV, London: […] J[acob] and R[ichard] Tonson, […], published 1760, →OCLC, page 420:
      Augur of ill, whoſe tongue was never found / Without a prieſtly curſe, or boding ſound; [...]
  2. (Ancient Rome) An official who interpreted omens before the start of public events.
    • 1776, Edward Gibbon, The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Vol I, ch 1-pt ii:
      It was an ancient tradition, that when the Capitol was founded by one of the Roman kings, the god Terminus (who presided over boundaries, and was represented, according to the fashion of that age, by a large stone) alone, among all the inferior deities, refused to yield his place to Jupiter himself. A favorable inference was drawn from his obstinacy, which was interpreted by the augurs as a sure presage that the boundaries of the Roman power would never recede.

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Verb

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augur (third-person singular simple present augurs, present participle auguring, simple past and past participle augured)

  1. To foretell events; to exhibit signs of future events; to indicate a favorable or an unfavorable outcome.
    to augur well or ill

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Not to be confused with auger.

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Latin

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Etymology

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Of uncertain origin. Two possibilities are:

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augur m or f (genitive auguris); third declension

  1. augur (priest, diviner, or soothsayer, one who foretold the future in part by interpreting the song and flight of birds)
    • 8 CE, Ovid, Fasti 1.179–180:
      ad prīmam vōcem timidās advertitis aurēs,
      et vīsam prīmum cōnsulit augur avem.
      You turn timid ears to the first word spoken,
      and the augur interprets the first bird seen.

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Third-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative augur augurēs
genitive auguris augurum
dative augurī auguribus
accusative augurem augurēs
ablative augure auguribus
vocative augur augurēs

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References

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  • “augur”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “augur”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • augur in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • “augur”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • “augur”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
  • “augur”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
  1. ^ Lewis, Charlton T., Elementary Latin Dictionary, Oxford, 1890.
  2. ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 61-2
  3. ^ Simpson, D.P., Cassell's New Latin Dictionary, Funk & Wagnall's, 1959.

Middle English

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augur

  1. Alternative form of nauger

Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology

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From Latin augur.

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augur m (definite singular auguren, indefinite plural augurer, definite plural augurene)

  1. (historical) an augur, see English augur for more.
  2. (informal) a chief, bigwig

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology

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From Latin augur.

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augur m (definite singular auguren, indefinite plural augurar, definite plural augurane)

  1. (historical) an augur, see English augur for more.
  2. (informal) a chief, bigwig

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Polish

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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Latin augur.

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augur m pers

  1. (literary) augur (a diviner)
  2. (Ancient Rome) augur (an official who interpreted omens before the start of public events)

Declension

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Declension of augur
singular plural
nominative augur augurzy/augury (deprecative)
genitive augura augurów
dative augurowi augurom
accusative augura augurów
instrumental augurem augurami
locative augurze augurach
vocative augurze augurzy

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  • augur in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • augur in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French augure, from Latin augur, augurium.

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augur m (plural auguri)

  1. augur, auspex

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augur n (uncountable)

  1. augury, omen
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Spanish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin augur.

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  • IPA(key): /auˈɡuɾ/ [au̯ˈɣ̞uɾ]
  • Rhymes: -uɾ
  • Syllabification: au‧gur

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augur m (plural augures)

  1. augur
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Swedish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin augur.

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augur c

  1. augur

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Declension of augur
nominative genitive
singular indefinite augur augurs
definite auguren augurens
plural indefinite augurer augurers
definite augurerna augurernas

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