Word Finder - augur

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A diviner who foretells events by the behaviour of birds or other animals, or by signs derived from celestial phenomena, or unusual occurrences.

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An official who interpreted omens before the start of public events.

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To foretell events; to exhibit signs of future events.

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To anticipate, to foretell, or to indicate a favorable or an unfavorable issue.

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to augur well or ill

As the augur looked south he had the east, the lucky quarter, on his left, and therefore signs on the left side were considered favourable, those on the right unfavourable.

The augur afterwards announced the result of his observations in a set form of words, by which the magistrate was bound.

Unfortunately taking up residence at Number 11 may augur less well for the lad's batting prowess in the years to come.

At midnight, when the sky was clear and there was an absence of wind, the augur, in the presence of a magistrate, took up his position on a hill which afforded a wide view.

Please tell me what to do ' does not augur well.

Which does n't augur well for the rest of us Non Americans.

As closely connected with religious life, he was an augur and seer; practised magical arts, especially astrology; founded or rendered accessible many important cults, such as those of Apollo and Dionysus; instituted mystic rites, both public and private; prescribed initiatory and purificatory ritual.

Raised by Caesar's influence to the offices of quaestor, augur, and tribune of the plebs, he supported the cause of his patron with great energy, and was expelled from the senate-house when the Civil War broke out.

He was augur for fifty-five years and wrote a work on the science of divination.

It was the duty of the augur, before the auspices properly so called (those from the sky and from birds) were taken, to mark out with his staff the templum or consecrated space within which his observations were intended to be made.

And when Paris eventually returns as Aphrodite's augur his galley is, of course, a flying bedstead.

The picture below shows the continuous flight augur piles being constructed.

In spite of this, he received signal marks of distinction from Octavian, who not only nominated him augur, but accepted him as his colleague in the consulship (30).

The augures were originally called auspices, but, while auspex 1 fell into disuse and was replaced by augur, auspicium was retained as the scientific term for the observation of signs.

The office of augur, which was bestowed only upon persons of distinguished merit and was much sought after by reason of its political importance, was held for life.

It consists of a small hydraulic press, which forces a set of expanding bits or wedges into a bore-hole previously bored by a long screw augur or drill, worked by hand, the action of the press being continued until a sufficient strain is obtained to bring down the coal.