Illustrated Companion to the Latin Dictionary/Auspex

This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Rich, Anthony (1849). The illustrated companion to the Latin dictionary, and Greek lexicon. p. vi. OCLC 894670115. https://archive.org/details/illustratedcompa00rich. 

AUS'PEX. One who takes the auspices, or in other words, who observes the flight, singing, or feeding of birds, in order to discover therefrom the secrets of futurity. Cic. Att. ii. 7. Hor. Od. iii. 27. 8.