augural

Examples

• All

• The ancient rituals often included augural practices to forecast important events.

• Her interpretation of the augural messages led to hope for a better future.

• In his eyes, set like flints in lean meat, there still shone a small light, augural, a glint of intelligence.

  Blog text (9)

• Together, the seven vignettes on the S. Marco bowl reflect an array of mantic associations, including oracular, necromantic, and augural.

  Academic text (2008)

• The presence of the augural litui in the gable of the aedes Penatium on the Aeneas panel underscores the augural significance of these two scenes, both prophesied in the past and pointing toward the future.

  Academic text (1990)

• The presence of the augural litui in the gable of the aedes Penatium on the Aeneas panel underscores the augural significance of these two scenes, both prophesied in the past and pointing toward the future.

  Academic text (1990)

Synonyms

P

prophetic

vsaugural

33 7.4

Saying or showing what will happen in the future, often as if from a spiritual source

focuses on interpreting omens and signs rather than asserting accuracy

P

prophetical

vsaugural

• Literature

1 9.1

Saying that something will happen in the future, often by a religious person

emphasizes interpreting signs and omens rather than direct inspired foretelling

D

divinatory

vsaugural

9.9

Relating to ways people try to tell the future

focuses on reading omens or signs rather than general prediction methods

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology