ĭn-augŭro, āvi, ātum, 1, v. n. and a.
I Lit. To take omens from the flight of birds , to practise augury , to divine : per sacram viam augures ex arce profecti solent inaugurare, Varr. L. L. 5, § 47 Müll.: impetritum, inauguratum'st: quovis admittunt aves, Plaut. As. 2, 1, 11: Palatinum Romulus, Aventinum Remus ad inaugurandum templa capiunt, Liv. 1, 6, 4: agedum, divine tu, inaugura, fierine possit, quod nunc ego mente concipio, Liv. 1, 36, 4.
II —Hence, b. inaugŭrāto , adv. (lit. abl. absol. ), after consulting the birds : id quia inaugurato Romulus fecerat, Liv. 1, 36, 3: consecrare locum, id. 1, 44, 4.—
II Transf.
A To give a certain sanctity to a place or (official) person by ceremony of consulting the flight of birds , to consecrate , inaugurate , install : locum, Liv. 3, 20, 6: VRBEM (Romulus) Calend. Praenest. ap. Inscr. Orell. 2, p. 386: cur non inaugurare? Sume diem; vide, qui te inauguret, Cic. Phil. 2, 43, 110: augur in locum ejus inauguratus est filius, Liv. 30, 26, 10; so, aliquem flaminem, id. 27, 8, 4; 41, 28, 7.—
B In gen., to install : cena et poculis magnis inauguratur (dux latronum), Ap. Met. 7, 9, 5; comitia, quae habentur aut regis aut flaminum inaugurandorum causa, Lab. ap. Gell. 15, 27, 1: si flamines Diales inaugurentur, Gai. Inst. 1, 130.