auspex

auspex icis, m and f

avis + SPEC-, an interpreter of omens given by birds, diviner, augur, soothsayer : Providus, H.— An author, founder, director, protector, favorer : auspices legis: divis Auspicibus coeptorum operum, V.: auspice Musā, H.: Nil desperandum auspice Teucro, H.— Plur., at a marriage, the responsible witnesses, persons who gave away the bride : nuptiarum auspices: nubit nullis auspicibus.