augŭrātĭo, ōnis, f. [auguror].
I A divining , a soothsaying : quae tandem ista auguratio est ex passeribus? * Cic. Div. 2, 30, 65.—
II The art of divining , Lact. 2, 16.
augurātiō ōnis auguro, a divining (by augury): ex passeribus. ...
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