2. Verb. (third-person singular of augur) ¹
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Definition of Augurs
1. augur [v] - See also: augur
Lexicographical Neighbors of Augurs
Literary usage of Augurs
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Macbeth by William Shakespeare, Samuel Thurber (1896)
"whose meaning plainly is: — augurs, — or soothsayers, — who understand the
relations of things, —or the mysteries of nature. 142. See note on v, 8, 70. ..."
2. A History of Rome by Robert Fowler Leighton (1883)
"300 the number of pontiffs was increased from five to eight, and that of the
augurs from six to nine, and it was enacted that four pontiffs and five augurs ..."
3. The Ancient World from the Earliest Times to 800 A.D. by Willis Mason West (1904)
"Priesthoods ; Pontiffs and augurs. — Under these conditions there grew up in
Rome (as in other Italian towns) two important "colleges" of city priests ..."
4. The Progresses, Processions, and Magnificent Festivities, of King James the by John Nichols (1828)
"They are, however, most unfortunately misplaced, as the Masque of augurs was
printed in quarto at the time of its production, and that it was printed under ..."
5. A Smaller History of Rome: From the Earliest Times to the Establishment of by Sir William Smith (1899)
"... and that of the augurs from four to nine, also enacted that four of the pontiffs
and five of the augurs should be taken from the plebeians. ..."
6. A Concise Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities by William Smith, Francis Warre Cornish (1898)
"The augurs, however, were merely magistratus creati,' 'vitio lex lata,' <kc. ....
Formed into a collegium, the augurs handed down to their successors the M ..."
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