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+ ==Pronunciation==
+ * IPA (Classical): [au̯ˈɡʊ.ri.ũː]^(Wiktionary)
+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [au̯ˈɡuː.ri.um]^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Forms==
+ '''augurium''' ''n'' (genitive auguriī or augurī); second declension^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Etymology==
+ It is from [[augur]] “augur” with the suffix [[-ium]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline) Accius has a plural ⟨augura⟩.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)
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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==
+ The OLD's first citation is Ennius, of taking auguries.^(OLD 2012) Köbler's first source is Plautus.^(Köbler 2010) Köbler dates Ennius 204–169 BC.^(Köbler 2010)
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+ ==Semantic evolution==
+ It meant the taking of auguries, augury, as Cicero's ''augurium agere'', with ''augurium salūtis'' an augury for the safety of the people, and the art of augury, divination, as in Cato.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016) It meant an omen, sign, as in Plautus, an indication, a prediction, and a foreboding, presentiment, as in Virgil.^(OLD 2012) Döderlein says ''auguria'' and [[auspicium|alt=auspicia]] are natural signs that only the skilled can read.^(Döderlein 1874)
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+ In Medieval Latin it meant augury, an omen, condemned as pagan in penitentials.^(DMLBS) It survives in Spanish ''agüero'' and Portuguese ''agouro'', and in Old French ''eür'' and French ''heur''.^(Wiktionary) [[en|augury]] came in the late 14th century.^(Etymonline)
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+ ==Timeline==
+ * 204–169 BC – Ennius uses it of augury.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus uses it of an omen.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * 234–149 BC – Cato uses it of the art of divination.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * late 14th century – English ''augury'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)
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+ ==Meanings==
+ ===Noun===
+ # The taking of auguries, [[m|en|augury]].^(OLD 2012)
+ # The art of divination.^(OLD 2012)
+ # An [[m|en|omen]], sign.^(OLD 2012)
+ # A prediction; a foreboding.^(OLD 2012)
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+ ==Word family==
+ * [[augurialis]]
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+ ==Related words==
+ * [[augur]]
+ * [[auspicium]]
+ * [[en|augury]]
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+ ==References==
+ {{reflist}}