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which was common enough; but he says, with a much more unmusical sound, "Consiliûm, auguriûm, atque extûm interpretes." And again he goes on "Postquam prodigiûm horriferûm, putentfûm pavos," which are not at all usual contractions in a string of words which are all neuter. Nor should I much like to say armûm judicium, though the expression occurs in that same poet,
To the rustic stratum possibly belongs also the augurium salutis populi, though later it was a yearly act celebrated whenever the Roman army was not at war and so became connected with the shutting of the temple of Ianus. The state greatly developed and organised the whole system of auguries and auspices.
Ver. 4, 82; Tac. Ann. 4, 27. The orators were in the habit of working over their speeches carefully for publication and preservation. IUS AUGURIUM etc.: 'the law pertaining to the augurs and pontifices'; i.e. the principles applied by them in the performance of their duties. The pontifices had the general oversight of religious observances. See Dict. of Antiq.
He thanked me and, with his last strength, whispered in my ear: 'Roman! do not cross the Tigris, for there lies the Eden of the invisible God, who is not to be offended. I repeated the warning to the Cæsar's younger son, Numerian, who was the friend of every good soldier, and he carried it to the Augustus, who, struck by the ascetic's words, asked Quaterquartus to hold an augurium.
neque tuum unquam in gremium extollas LIBERORUM ex te genus, and, namque Aesculapi LIBERORUM. But the author before quoted says in his Chryses, not only Cives, antiqui amici majorum MEUM, which was common enough , but more harshly still, CONSILIUM, AUGURIUM, atque EXTUM interpretes; and in another place, Postquam PRODIGIUM HORRIFERUM PORTENTUM pavos.
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