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                    "description": "auspĭcĭum (noun N) : auspex\n* Divination by observing the flight of birds, augury from birds, auspices (cf. augurium).\n* Lit.: auspicia avium,Plin. 7, 56, 57, § 203 (as if overlooking the origin of auspicium): praetor auspicat auspicium prosperum, Naev. ap. Non. p. 468, 28: Dant (Romulus et Remus) operam simul auspicio augurioque etc., Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 48, 107 (Ann. v. 81 sq. Vahl.: pullarium in auspicium mittit,Liv. 10, 40, 2: ab auspicio bono proficisci, of marriage,Cat. 45, 19 Ellis (cf. auspex, II. A. 2.) et saep.; cf. the class. passages,Cic. Div. 1, 47 sq.; 2, 34 sq.; Liv. 6, 41, 4 sq.—So auspicium habere, to have the right of taking auspices (which, in the performance of civil duties, was possessed by all magistrates, but, in time of war, only by the commander - in - chief): omnes magistratus auspicium judiciumque habento,Cic. Leg. 3, 3, 10: quod nemo plebeius auspicia haberet,Liv. 4, 6, 2.—Of the commander - in - chief: expugnatum oppidumst Imperio atque auspicio mei eri Amphitruonis,Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 37: Ut gesserit rem publicam ductu, imperio, auspicio suo,id. ib. 1, 1, 41; 2, 2, 25: qui ductu auspicioque ejus res prospere gesserant,Liv. 5, 46, 6; 8, 31, 1; 10, 7, 7; 41, 28, 1 al.; 21, 40, 3: recepta signa ductu Germanici, auspiciis Tiberii,Tac. A. 2, 41: Septentrionalis oceanus navigatus est auspiciis divi Augusti,Plin. 2, 67, 67, § 167: alia ductu meo, alia imperio auspicioque perdomui,Curt. 6, 3, 2: domuit partim ductu partim auspiciis suis Cantabriam, etc.,Suet. Aug. 21 Ruhnk.—And so absol.: vates rege vatis habenas, Auspicio felix totus ut annus eat (sc. tuo),Ov. F. 1, 26 Merk.—Hence for the chief command, guidance: tuis auspiciis totum confecta duella per orbem,Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 254 Schmid: Illius auspiciis obsessae moenia pacem Victa petent Mutinae,Ov. M. 15, 822.—And, in gen., right, power, inclination, will: Me si fata meis paterentur ducere vitam Auspiciis et sponte meā componere curas, etc.,Verg. A. 4, 341: Communem hunc ergo populum paribusque regamus Auspiciis,id. ib. 4, 103 (aequali potestate, Serv.).\n* Transf., in gen., a sign, omen, a divine premonition or token: Liquido exeo auspicio foras, Avi sinistrā,Plaut. Ep. 2, 2, 2; so id. Ps. 2, 4, 72: optimum,id. Stich. 3, 2, 6: dicere ausus est optimis auspiciis  ea geri, Cic. Sen. 4, 11: quae contra rem publicam ferrentur, contra auspicia ferri,id. ib.: melius,Plaut. Men. 5, 9, 88: vanum,Prop. 1, 3, 28: infaustum,Verg. A. 11, 347: felix,Just. 1, 10 al.—So, auspicium facere, of things which give signs, tokens, omens: augurium haec (mustela) facit,Plaut. Stich. 3, 2, 10: cur aliis a laevā, aliis a dexterā datum est avibus, ut ratum auspicium facere possint?Cic. Div. 2, 38, 80: circa summum culmen hominis auspicium fecisse,Liv. 1, 34, 9.—Poet.: cui (diviti) si vitiosa libido Fecerit auspicium, gave him a token (viz. for changing), urged him to a new decision, Hor, Ep. 1, 1, 86.\n* Trop., = initium, a beginning (cf. auspicor, II., and auspex, II. B.): auspicia belli a parricidio incipientes,Just. 26, 2, 2: auspicia regni a parricidio coepit,id. 27, 1."
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