All 12 Uses
augur
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The Blood of Olympus
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- Along with his senatorial purple-lined toga, his centurion badge, and his augur's knife, he had adopted a new honor: a white cloth mantle over his head, which marked him as pontifex maximus, high priest to the gods.†
p. 64.1
- Just a centurion, an augur, and a humble priest doing his best to serve the gods.†
p. 64.9 *
- Yes, Augur.†
p. 68.6
- "The augur has many attack dogs," Bryce said.†
p. 290.8
- He wanted to find the augur Octavian and strangle him with his chain belt.†
p. 303.2
- To his credit, the augur didn't seem afraid, though his only weapon was a dagger.†
p. 427.9
- "Tell me, son of Pluto," the augur hissed, "why are you helping the Greeks?†
p. 428.2
- He had hesitated when he'd had the chance to kill Octavian, but there was no way Nico would let that scumbag augur escape justice.†
p. 466.5
- The augur rushed about, tripping over gears and anchor spikes, fumbling with the ropes.†
p. 467.6
- The augur spun, then backed up against the huge sphere of ammunition.†
p. 467.8
- Octavian cut the release wire with his augur's knife.†
p. 470.4
- The augur's scream faded until he was simply part of the fiery comet soaring skyward.†
p. 470.5
Definitions:
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(1)
(augur) to indicate or predict that something will happen --especially as a sign of what’s to come; or in ancient Rome, a religious official who interpreted signs and omens to guide public decisions
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) More rarely, augur may reference a person who predicts the future -- especially a religious official in ancient Rome.