augur
See also: Augur
English
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Latin augur, of uncertain origin; akin to augurō (“interpret omens”).
Pronunciation
edit- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈɔː.ɡə/
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈɔ.ɡɚ/
- (cot–caught merger) IPA(key): /ˈɑ.ɡɚ/
Audio (US, cot–caught merger): (file) Audio (General Australian): (file) - Rhymes: -ɔːɡə(ɹ)
- Homophone: auger; see also AGA
Noun
editaugur (plural augurs)
- 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; [...]
- (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.
Derived terms
editTranslations
editdiviner who foretells events by unusual occurrences
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Verb
editaugur (third-person singular simple present augurs, present participle auguring, simple past and past participle augured)
- To foretell events; to exhibit signs of future events; to indicate a favorable or an unfavorable outcome.
- to augur well or ill
- 2024 May 9, Ned Temko, “On rare visit, Xi Jinping tries to rescue China’s relationship with Europe”, in The Christian Science Monitor:
- But there, too, the meteorological omens augured ill.
Derived terms
editTranslations
editto foretell events; to exhibit signs of future events
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Usage notes
editNot to be confused with auger.
Further reading
edit- “augur”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “augur”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
- “augur”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
Latin
editEtymology
editOf uncertain origin. Two possibilities are:
- From Old Latin *augos (“reinforcement, increase”) (genitive *augeris), related to augeō (“to increase”),[1] from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éwgos; compare Sanskrit ओजस् (ojas, “strength, vigor”), Avestan 𐬀𐬊𐬘𐬀𐬵 (aojah), 𐬀𐬊𐬔𐬀𐬵 (aogah, “might, power”) as well as Latin augustus (< *h₂éwgos-tos). The noun *augos would have developed from "reinforcement" to "(one) who makes grow".[2] This derivation is preferred by de Vaan.
- From avis (“bird”) + garrire (“to talk”), as augurs were known to observe the behavior of birds.[3]
Pronunciation
edit- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈau̯.ɡur/, [ˈäu̯ɡʊr]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈau̯.ɡur/, [ˈäːu̯ɡur]
Noun
editaugur m or f (genitive auguris); third declension
- augur (priest, diviner, or soothsayer, one who foretold the future in part by interpreting the song and flight of birds)
Declension
editThird-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
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Nominative | augur | augurēs |
Genitive | auguris | augurum |
Dative | augurī | auguribus |
Accusative | augurem | augurēs |
Ablative | augure | auguribus |
Vocative | augur | augurēs |
Synonyms
editCoordinate terms
editDerived terms
editDescendants
editReferences
edit- “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.
- ^ Lewis, Charlton T., Elementary Latin Dictionary, Oxford, 1890.
- ^ 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
- ^ Simpson, D.P., Cassell's New Latin Dictionary, Funk & Wagnall's, 1959.
Middle English
editNoun
editaugur
- Alternative form of nauger
Norwegian Bokmål
editEtymology
editNoun
editaugur m (definite singular auguren, indefinite plural augurer, definite plural augurene)
References
editNorwegian Nynorsk
editEtymology
editNoun
editaugur m (definite singular auguren, indefinite plural augurar, definite plural augurane)
References
edit- “augur” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Polish
editEtymology
editLearned borrowing from Latin augur.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editaugur m pers
- (literary) augur (a diviner)
- (Ancient Rome) augur (an official who interpreted omens before the start of public events)
Declension
editDeclension of augur
Further reading
editRomanian
editEtymology
editBorrowed from French augure, from Latin augur, augurium.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editaugur m (plural auguri)
Noun
editaugur n (uncountable)
Related terms
editFurther reading
edit- augur in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)
Spanish
editEtymology
editPronunciation
editNoun
editaugur m (plural augures)
Related terms
editFurther reading
edit- “augur”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Swedish
editEtymology
editNoun
editaugur c
Declension
editDeclension of augur | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | augur | auguren | augurer | augurerna |
Genitive | augurs | augurens | augurers | augurernas |
Derived terms
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