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auspice (s) (noun), auspices (pl)
1. Protection or support; patronage: "A benefit concert was given under the auspices of the hospital."
2. A sign indicative of future prospects; a favorable sign or propitious circumstance; an omen: "The auspices for the new venture by the company appeared to be favorable."
3. Etymology: from Latin auspicium, "divination by observing the flight of birds"; from auspex, auspicis, literally, "bird seer"; from avis, "bird", and the stem of specere, spicere, "to see, to look at, to watch".

Observations of and predictions that in the past were based on the actions or behaviors of birds.

The high priest in earlier Roman times used to study the auspices by observing the flight of birds, just as Romulus did when founding Rome. Later the high priest did it by examining the entrails of sacrificed animals.

—Excerpts from Romans without Laurels
by Indro Montanelli; published by Pantheon Books,
a division of Random House, Inc.; New York; 1962; page 64.
This entry is located in the following units: auspic-, auspec- (page 1) spec-, spic-, spect-, spectat-, spectro- -spectr, -spectful, -spection, -spective (page 1)
Respice, auspice, prospice.
Look to the past, the present, the future.

Motto of The City College, City University of New York, New York City, New York, USA. It is also translated as, "Look back, look at the present, look to the future" or "Examine the past, examine the present, examine the future."

This entry is located in the following units: Latin Proverbs, Mottoes, Phrases, and Words: Group R (page 2) spec-, spic-, spect-, spectat-, spectro- -spectr, -spectful, -spection, -spective (page 7)