spectĭo, ōnis, f. [specio], in the lang. of augurs,
an observing of the auspices; hence, also, the right of observing them (which belonged to the magistrates), Varr. L. L. 6, § 82 Müll.; Cic. Phil. 2, 32, 81; Fest. s. h. v. p. 333.
spectiō ōnis, f SPEC-, the prerogative of observing the auspices : consules (habent) spectionem. ...
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