inauguro Latin · revision 7751

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Varro|origins=la augur}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

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

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

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''inaugurō''' (present infinitive inaugurāre, perfect active inaugurāvī, supine inaugurātum); first conjugation^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is from [[in-]] and [[augurō]] “to take the auspices”.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(TLL)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The OLD's earliest citation is from Varro, of taking the omens, as the augurs who set out from the citadel along the Sacred Way.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016) Köbler dates Varro 116–27 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ Intransitively it meant to take omens from the flight of birds, practise augury, as in Varro and Livy, also to learn by augury whether something should be done.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016) Transitively, from Cicero, it meant to consecrate by augury a priest, an official or a place.^(OLD 2012)

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+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it meant to take omens, practise augury, divine.^(Stelten 1995) It survives in Italian ''inaugurare'' and French ''inaugurer'', and its participle gave [[en|inaugurate]] about 1600, “to induct into office by a ceremony”.^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 116–27 BC – Varro uses it of taking omens.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it of consecrating by augury.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 59 BC–17 AD – Livy uses it of augury.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 1600 – English ''inaugurate'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To take omens, practise [[m|en|augury]].^(OLD 2012)

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

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[inauguratio]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[augurō]]

+ * [[inaugurātō]]

+ * [[augur]]

+ * [[en|inaugurate]]

+ * [[en|inauguration]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}