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 (aúspĭx), οἰωνῐστής (oiōnĭstḗs), οἰωνόμᾰντῐς (oiōnómăntĭs), 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, ōíonto 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
tōî aúgourĭ 		τοῖν αὐγούροιν
toîn augoúroin 		τοῖς αὔγουρσῐ / αὔγουρσῐν
toîs aúgoursĭ(n)
Accusative τὸν αὔγουρᾰ
tòn aúgoură 		τὼ αὔγουρε
tṑ aúgoure 		τοὺς αὔγουρᾰς
toùs aúgourăs
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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