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Yes. The word auspex is a Scrabble US word. The word auspex is worth 15 points in Scrabble:

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Is auspex a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word auspex is a Scrabble UK word and has 15 points:

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6-letter words (1 found)

AUSPEX,

5-letter words (2 found)

PAUSE,PAXES,

4-letter words (13 found)

APES,APEX,APSE,AXES,EAUS,EAUX,PASE,PEAS,SAXE,SPAE,SPUE,SUPE,UPAS,

3-letter words (22 found)

APE,ASP,AUE,AXE,EAS,EAU,PAS,PAX,PEA,PES,PUS,SAE,SAP,SAU,SAX,SEA,SEX,SPA,SUE,SUP,UPS,USE,

2-letter words (11 found)

AE,AS,AX,EA,ES,EX,PA,PE,UP,US,XU,

1-letter words (1 found)

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Definitions and meaning of auspex

auspex

Noun

auspex (plural auspices)

  1. (historical) An officiating priest in Ancient Rome.

Latin

Etymology

From *avi-spex (“who examines (the flight of) the birds”). The first part of the word is the stem of avis (“bird”). The second part is related to specere, speciō (“to watch, observe”). See also haruspex.

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈau̯s.peks/, [ˈäu̯s̠pɛks̠]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈau̯s.peks/, [ˈäu̯speks]

Noun

auspex m (genitive auspicis); third declension

  1. an augur
  2. an officiating priest

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Synonyms

  • augur

Coordinate terms

  • haruspex, auspex

Derived terms

  • auspicium

Descendants

  • → Koine Greek: αὔσπιξ (aúspix)
  • Italian: auspice
  • Portuguese: áuspice

References

  • “auspex”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “auspex”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • auspex in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • “auspex”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • “auspex”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

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