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Definition of Auspex
1. Noun. (ancient Rome) a religious official who interpreted omens to guide public policy.
Geographical relationships: Capital Of Italy, Eternal City, Italian Capital, Roma, Rome
Generic synonyms: Oracle, Prophesier, Prophet, Seer, Vaticinator
Category relationships: Antiquity
Derivative terms: Augur, Augur
Definition of Auspex
1. a soothsayer of ancient Rome [n -PICES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Auspex
Literary usage of Auspex
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Little Book of American Poets, 1787-1900 by Jessie Belle Rittenhouse (1915)
"auspex MY heart, I cannot still it, Nest that had song-birds in it; And when the
last shall go, The dreary days to fill it, Instead of lark or linnet, ..."
2. The Governors of Moesia by Selatie Edgar Stout (1911)
"... of Severus.1" But we do need to assume as late a date as possible for the
administration of the younger auspex in Moesia, and it is therefore better to ..."
3. The Old English Dramatists by James Russell Lowell (1890)
"auspex MY heart, I cannot still it, Nest that had song-birds in it; And when the
last shall go, The dreary days, to fill it, Instead of lark or linnet, ..."
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