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AUSPEX

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected form: auspices   

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

(ancient Rome) a religious official who interpreted omens to guide public policy

Synonyms:

augur; auspex

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("auspex" is a kind of...):

oracle; prophesier; prophet; seer; vaticinator (an authoritative person who divines the future)

Domain category:

antiquity (the historic period preceding the Middle Ages in Europe)

Domain region:

capital of Italy; Eternal City; Italian capital; Roma; Rome (capital and largest city of Italy; on the Tiber; seat of the Roman Catholic Church; formerly the capital of the Roman Republic and the Roman Empire)

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