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AUSPEX (auspices)

Dictionary entry overview: What does auspex mean?

• AUSPEX (noun)
The noun AUSPEX has 1 sense:

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

Familiarity information: AUSPEX used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• AUSPEX (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

augur; auspex

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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