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augùrālis (augŭrĭālis , App. Not. Aspir. § 8), e, adj. augur.
I. Of or belonging to augurs, relating to soothsaying or prophecy, augurial: “libri,” Cic. Div. 1, 33, 72; id. Fam. 3, 4; cf. “Müll. Etrusk. 1, p. 122: jus,” Cic. Brut. 77, 267: “cena,” which the augur gave on his entrance into office, Varr. R. R. 3, 6, 6, Cic. Fam. 7, 26: “insignia, Liv 10, 7: sacerdotium,” Suet. Claud. 4; id. Gram. 12: “verbum,” Gell. 6, 6, 4.—Hence,
II. Subst.: augŭrāle , is, n.
A. A part of the headquarters of a Roman camp, where the general took auguries: “structam ante augurale aram,” Tac. A. 15, 30: “egressus augurali,” id. ib. 2, 13.—Hence (pars pro toto), the principal tent: “tabernaculum ducis, augurale,” Quint. 8, 2, 8.—
B. The augur's wand or staff = lituus, Sen. Tranq. 11.
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.

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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (7):
    • Cicero, Letters to his Friends, 3.4
    • Cicero, Letters to his Friends, 7.26
    • Suetonius, Divus Claudius, 4
    • Tacitus, Annales, 15.30
    • Cicero, De Divinatione, 1.33
    • Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Book 8, 2.8
    • Cicero, Brutus, 77.267
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