αὔγουρ

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin augur.

Pronunciation
 

Noun

αὔγουρ • (aúgour) m (genitive αὔγουρος); third declension (Koine)

  1. augur (Roman diviner)
    Synonyms: αὔσπῐξ (aúspix), οἰωνῐστής (oiōnistḗs), οἰωνόμᾰντῐς (oiōnómantis), οἰωνοσκόπος (oiōnoskópos)
    • 46 CE – 120 CE, Plutarch, Moralia 2.281a:
      Διὰ τί τῶν ἐπ' οἰωνοῖς ἱερέων, οὓς Αὔσπικας πρότερον, Αὔγουρας δὲ νῦν καλοῦσιν, ᾤοντο δεῖν ἀεὶ τοὺς λαμπτῆρας ἀνεῳγμένους εἶναι, καὶ τὸ πῶμα μὴ ἐπικεῖσθαι;
      Dià tí tôn ep' oiōnoîs hieréōn, hoùs Aúspikas próteron, Aúgouras dè nûn kaloûsin, ṓionto deîn aeì toùs lamptêras aneōigménous eînai, kaì tò pôma mḕ epikeîsthai?
      Why did they think that the priests that take the omens from birds, whom they formerly called Auspices, but now Augures, should always keep their lanterns open and put no cover on them?

Inflection
Third declension of ὁ αὔγουρ; τοῦ αὔγουρος (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ὁ αὔγουρ
ho aúgour		 τὼ αὔγουρε
tṑ aúgoure		 οἱ αὔγουρες
hoi aúgoures
Genitive τοῦ αὔγουρος
toû aúgouros		 τοῖν αὐγούροιν
toîn augoúroin		 τῶν αὐγούρων
tôn augoúrōn
Dative τῷ αὔγουρῐ
tôi aúgouri		 τοῖν αὐγούροιν
toîn augoúroin		 τοῖς αὔγουρσῐ / αὔγουρσῐν
toîs aúgoursi(n)
Accusative τὸν αὔγουρᾰ
tòn aúgoura		 τὼ αὔγουρε
tṑ aúgoure		 τοὺς αὔγουρᾰς
toùs aúgouras
Vocative αὔγουρ
aúgour		 αὔγουρε
aúgoure		 αὔγουρες
aúgoures
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

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