auguro Latin · revision 5181

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Ennius|origins=ine-pro *h₂eug-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [ˈau̯.ɡʊ.roː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ˈaːu̯.ɡu.ro]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''augurō''' (present infinitive augurāre, perfect active augurāvī, supine augurātum); first conjugation^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|augur|-ō|t1=augur, seer]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) De Vaan derives ''augur'' from Old Latin *augos “reinforcement, confirmation”, an ''s''-stem of the root of [[augeō]] “to increase”, from [[ine-pro|*h₂eug-|t=to grow]]; he finds the analysis as “bird-taster” wholly unmotivated.^(de Vaan 2008)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Ennius has “this I tell you and foretell by conjecture”.^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates Ennius 204–169 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant to foretell by augury, as Cicero's law says that priests shall take the auguries for the people's safety, and to inaugurate or consecrate something by taking the auguries.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016) From this it meant to prophesy or predict from omens or other signs, and to surmise or conjecture.^(OLD 2012) It is also deponent, [[auguror]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

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+ Its compound [[inaugurō]] gave [[en|inaugurate]] about 1600, and [[en|augur]] as a verb also dates from about 1600.^(Etymonline) It was borrowed into [[fr|augurer]] and [[it|augurare]].^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 204–169 BC – Ennius uses it of foretelling.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it of taking auguries for the people's safety.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 70–19 BC – Virgil says “if my mind foretells anything true”.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 1600 – English ''inaugurate'' and ''augur'' are recorded.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To foretell by [[m|en|augury]].^(OLD 2012)

+ # To consecrate by taking auguries, [[m|en|inaugurate]].^(OLD 2012)

+ # To [[m|en|prophesy]], predict.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To surmise, conjecture.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[augurāculum]]

+ * [[augurātiō]]

+ * [[augurātō]]

+ * [[augurātōrium]]

+ * [[augurātrīx]]

+ * [[augurātus]]

+ * [[exaugurō]]

+ * [[inaugurō]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[augur]]

+ * [[augurālis]]

+ * [[augurium]]

+ * [[augeō]]

+ * [[en|augur]]

+ * [[en|inaugurate]]

+ * [[en|augury]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}