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AUSPEX
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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:
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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