All 4 Uses of
augury
in
The Aeneid
- Now take this earnest of success, for more: Your scatter'd fleet is join'd upon the shore; The winds are chang'd, your friends from danger free; Or I renounce my skill in augury.†
Book 1
- Let not my pray'rs a doubtful answer find; But in clear auguries unveil thy mind.'†
Book 3 *
- Dire auguries from hence the Trojans draw; Till neither fires nor shining shores they saw.†
Book 5
- At length he rais'd his cheerful head, and spoke: "The pow'rs," said he, "the pow'rs we both invoke, To you, and yours, and mine, propitious be, And firm our purpose with their augury!†
Book 7
Definition:
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(augury) an event that is experienced as indicating important things to come