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auguralis

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Pronunciation

  • IPA (Classical): [au̯.ɡʊˈraː.lɪs][1]
  • IPA (Ecclesiastical): [au̯.ɡuˈraː.lis][1]

Forms

augurālis (neuter augurāle); third-declension two-termination adjective[1] Also auguriālis.[2]

Etymology

It is from Latin augur (“augur”) + -ālis.[3][1][4]

Earliest recorded meaning

Its earliest source is Cicero, augurālēs librī “the augurs' books” and augurālis cēna.[4][5] Köbler dates Cicero 81–43 BC.[4]

Semantic evolution

It meant of or relating to augurs or augury, augural, prophetic, cēna augurālis was the banquet an augur gave on taking office.[3][2][5]

Timeline

  • 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it.[5][4]

Meanings

Adjective

  1. Of augurs or augury.[3]
  2. cēna augurālis: an augur's inaugural banquet.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b c d Wiktionary, the free dictionary, https://en.wiktionary.org
  2. ^ a b Lewis, Charlton T.; Short, Charles (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  3. ^ a b c d Glare, P. G. W., ed. (2012), Oxford Latin Dictionary, 2nd ed., Oxford: Oxford University Press
  4. ^ a b c d Köbler, Gerhard (2010), Lateinisches Abkunfts- und Wirkungswörterbuch für Altertum und Mittelalter, online ed., koeblergerhard.de
  5. ^ a b c Gaffiot, Félix (2016), Dictionnaire latin-français, new ed. by Gérard Gréco et al. (Gaffiot 2016), online ed.