Augury - Wikipedia Augury was a Greco - Roman religious practice of observing the behavior of birds, to receive omens When the individual, known as the augur, read these signs, it was referred to as "taking the auspices"
augury, n. meanings, etymology and more | Oxford English Dictionary Observation of or augury from prodigies The action or practice of predicting or forecasting from signs or omens; divination, prophecy; frequently attributive The action, practice, or fact of prognosticating; foreshowing, foretelling; prediction, prophecy
Augur - Wikipedia An augur was a priest and official in the classical Roman world His main role was the practice of augury, the interpretation of the will of the gods by studying events he observed within a predetermined sacred space (templum) The templum corresponded to the heavenly space above The augur's decisions were based on what he personally saw or heard from within the templum; they included thunder