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单词 auspex
释义 auspex Rom. Antiq.|ˈɔːspɛks|
Pl. auspices.
[L., contr. for avispex, f. avi-s bird + -spex an observer, f. specĕre to behold, observe.]
One who observed the flight of birds, to take omens thence for the guidance of affairs; hence, a director, protector; and esp. the person who superintended marriage ceremonies.
1598Greenwey Tacitus' Ann. (1604) 151 Shee should heare the words of the Auspices or hand-fasters.1647R. Stapylton Juvenal 206 An auspex to divine by the flying of the birds the future felicity of her marriage.
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