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<b class="b2">They took the matter the more to heart because it seemed to augur ill for the success of the expedition</b>: P. τὸ [[πρᾶγμα]] [[μειζόνως]] ἐλάμβανον . τοῦ γὰρ ἔκπλου οἰωνὸς ἐδόκει εἶναι (Thuc. 6, 27). | <b class="b2">They took the matter the more to heart because it seemed to augur ill for the success of the expedition</b>: P. τὸ [[πρᾶγμα]] [[μειζόνως]] ἐλάμβανον . τοῦ γὰρ ἔκπλου οἰωνὸς ἐδόκει εἶναι (Thuc. 6, 27). | ||
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|lshtext=<b>augur</b>: ŭris (earlier also [[auger]], Prisc. p. 554 P.), comm. (cf. Prob. p. 1455 P., and Phoc. p. 1695 P.) [[avis]] and Sanscr. gar, to [[call]], to [[show]], [[make]] [[known]]. Van.],<br /><b>I</b> an auqur, [[diviner]], [[soothsayer]]; at [[Rome]], a [[member]] of a [[particular]] [[college]] of priests, [[much]] reverenced in earlier ages, [[who]] made [[known]] the [[future]] by observing the [[lightning]], the [[flight]] or notes of birds, the [[feeding]] of the [[sacred]] fowls, [[certain]] appearances of quadrupeds, and [[any]] [[unusual]] occurrences (v dirae).<br /><b>I</b> Lit.: Interpretes Jovis optumi maxumi, publici augures, Cic. Leg. 2, 8, 20; Fest. s. v. [[quinque]], p. 26 Müll.; Serv. ad Verg. A. 3, 537; and others cited in Müll. Etrusk. 2, p. 116 sq., and Smith, Dict. Antiq. (diff. from [[auspex]], orig. as a [[general]] [[idea]] from a [[particular]] one, [[since]] the [[auspex]] observed [[only]] the [[flight]] of birds; cf. Non. p. 429, 26. Yet as this [[latter]] [[kind]] of [[augury]] [[was]] the [[most]] [[common]], the [[two]] words are [[frequently]] interchanged or employed in [[connection]]; cf. Enn. ap. Cic. Div 1, 48, 107: dant operam [[simul]] auspicio augurioque).—<br /><b>II</b> Transf., [[any]] [[soothsayer]], [[diviner]], [[seer]], in gen.: [[augur]] [[Apollo]], as [[god]] of [[prophecy]] (v. [[Apollo]]), Hor. C. 1, 2, 32; so, [[augur]] [[Phoebus]], id. C. S. 61: [[Argivus]], i.e. [[Amphiaraus]], id. C. 3, 16, 11; id. Ep. 1, 20, 9; Prop. 3, 14, 3: veri [[providus]] [[augur]] Thestorides, i. e. [[Calchas]], Ov. M. 12, 18; 12, 307; 15, 596; 3, 349; 3, 512 al.: nocturnae imaginis [[augur]], [[interpreter]] of [[night]]-visions, id. Am. 3, 5, 31: [[pessimus]] in dubiis [[augur]] [[timor]], [[fear]], the basest [[prophet]], Stat. Th. 3, 6.—Fem.: aquae [[nisi]] fallit [[augur]] Annosa [[cornix]], Hor. C. 3, 17, 12: simque [[augur]] cassa futuri! Stat. Th. 9, 629; Vulg. Deut. 18, 14; ib. Isa. 2, 6; ib. Jer. 27, 9: augures caeli, ib. Isa. 47, 13. | |||
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