auspicato Latin · revision 34644

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=c. 250–184 BC, Plautus|origins=la auspex}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [au̯s.pɪˈkaː.toː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [au̯s.piˈkaː.to]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''auspicātō''' (comparative auspicātius)^(OLD 2012)^(Conte 2010)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[der|la|auspicātus|t=having taken the auspices]], the participle of [[m|la|auspicor|t=to take the auspices]], in the neuter ablative used as an ablative absolute, literally “the auspices having been taken”.^(Georges 1913)^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Conte 2010)^(Wiktionary) The OLD derives it from the deponent, while Georges, Gaffiot and Conte take it from the active [[m|la|auspicō]].^(OLD 2012)^(Georges 1913)^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Conte 2010) The verb comes from [[m|la|auspex|t=augur]].^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Köbler first records it in Plautus,^(Köbler 2010) who has ''vidē ut ingrediāre auspicātō'' “see that you enter under good omens”.^(OLD 2012)^(Conte 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ In its first sense, after taking the [[m|en|auspices]], it belongs to Roman public religion:^(OLD 2012)^(Georges 1913) Cicero writes of a colony founded after the auspices were taken, Livy of a dictator setting out after taking them and of a city founded with auspices and inauguration, and Tacitus of the seat of Jupiter Best and Greatest founded by the ancestors with auspices.^(OLD 2012)^(Georges 1913) Livy also writes of an army drawn up without auspices or acceptable sacrifice.^(Georges 1913) From this it came to mean with good omens, [[m|en|auspiciously]], at a lucky moment:^(OLD 2012)^(Georges 1913) in Terence a character says he has come here under no good omen (''haud auspicātō''), and Cicero speaks of founding a city auspiciously.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016) Pliny the Elder uses the comparative of Beneventum, renamed more auspiciously, which was once called Maleventum.^(OLD 2012)^(Conte 2010)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus uses it of entering under good omens.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 190–159 BC – Terence uses it in ''haud auspicātō'' “under no good omen”.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it of founding a colony after taking the auspices.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 23/24–79 AD – Pliny the Elder uses the comparative of the renaming of Beneventum.^(OLD 2012)^(Conte 2010)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adverb===

+ # After taking the [[m|en|auspices]].^(OLD 2012)^(Georges 1913)

+ # With good omens, [[m|en|auspiciously]], at a lucky moment.^(OLD 2012)^(Georges 1913)^(Conte 2010)

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+ ==Usage notes==

+ Wiktionary gives it as not comparable, but the OLD and Conte record the comparative ''auspicātius''.^(Wiktionary)^(OLD 2012)^(Conte 2010)

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}