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|lshtext=<b>augŭrĭum</b>: ii, n. (plur. [[augura]], heterocl., [[like]] aplustra from [[aplustre]], Att. ap. Non. p. 488, 2, or Trag. Rel. p. 217 Rib.) [[augur]],<br /><b>I</b> the [[observation]] and [[interpretation]] of omens, [[augury]] (v. [[augur]] and the [[pass]]. [[there]] cited).<br /><b>I</b> Lit.: pro [[certo]] arbitrabor sortes oracla adytus [[augura]]? Att., Trag. Rel. p. 217 Rib.: agere, Varr. L. L. 6, § 42 Müll.; Cic. Div. 1, 17, 32; id. Off. 3, 16, 66: capere, Suet. Aug. 95: quaerere, Vulg. Num. 24, 1: observare, ib. Deut. 18, 10; ib. 4 Reg. 21, 6: non est [[augurium]] in Jacob, ib. Num. 23, 23: [[dare]], Ov. Tr. 3, 1, 36: nuntiare, Liv. 1, 7: decantare, Cic. Div. 1, 47, 105: accipere, to [[understand]] or [[receive]] as an [[omen]], Liv. 1, 34; 10, 40; Val. Fl. 1, 161: [[augurium]] [[factum]], Suet. Vit. 18: augurio experiri aliquid, Flor. 1, 5, 3: [[augurium]] salutis, an [[augury]] instituted in [[time]] of [[peace]], for the [[inquiry]] [[whether]] one could [[supplicate]] the Deity for the [[prosperity]] of the [[state]] (de [[salute]]), Cic. Div. 1, 47, 105; Suet. Aug. 31; Tac. A. 12, 23; cf. [[Dio]] Cass. 37, 24, and Fabric. ad h. l.—<br /><b>II</b> Transf.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> Any [[kind]] of [[divination]], [[prophecy]], [[soothsaying]], [[interpretation]]: auguria rerum futurarum, Cic. Phil. 2, 35, 89: conjugis augurio (by the [[interpretation]] of [[quamquam]] Titania mota est, Ov. M. 1, 395: Divinatio arroris et auguria mendacia [[vanitas]] est, Vulg Eccli. 34, 5.—And transf. to the [[internal]] [[sense]]. [[presentiment]], [[foreboding]] of [[future]] occurrences inhaeret in mentibus [[quasi]] saeclorum quoddam [[augurium]] futurorum, Cic. Tusc. 1, 15, 33; id. Fam 6, 6: Fallitur augurio [[spes]] bona [[saepe]] suo, Ov. H. 16, 234: Auguror, nec me fallit [[augurium]], historias tuas immortales futuras, Plin. Ep. 7, 33, 1 al.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Object, a [[sign]], [[omen]], token, prognostic: [[thymum]] [[augurium]] mellis est, Plin. 21, 10, 31, § 56: [[augurium]] valetudinis ex eā traditur, si etc., id. 28, 6, 19, § 68.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>C</b> The [[art]] of the [[augur]], [[augury]]: cui [[laetus]] [[Apollo]] Augurium citharamque dabat, Verg. A. 12, 394 (v. [[Apollo]] and [[augur]]): [[Rex]] idero et regi Turno gratissimus [[augur]], id. ib. 9, 327; Flor. 1, 5, 2.