different between augur vs calculate

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin augur, of uncertain origin; akin to augur? (“interpret omens”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /???.??/
• (US) IPA^(key): /??.??/
• (cot–caught merger) IPA^(key): /??.??/
• Rhymes: -????(?)
• Homophone: auger; see also AGA

Noun

augur (plural augurs)

1. A diviner who foretells events by the behaviour of birds or other animals, or by signs derived from celestial phenomena, or unusual occurrences.
2. (Ancient Rome) An official who interpreted omens before the start of public events.

Translations

Verb

augur (third-person singular simple present augurs, present participle auguring, simple past and past participle augured)

1. To foretell events; to exhibit signs of future events; to indicate a favorable or an unfavorable outcome.

   to augur well or ill

Derived terms

• augury

Translations

Further reading

• augur in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• augur in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• augur at OneLook Dictionary Search

Latin

Etymology

Of uncertain origin. Two possibilities are:

• From Old Latin *augus (“increase”) (genitive *augeris), which is related to auge? (“to increase”). This could be inherited from Proto-Indo-European *h?éwgos; compare Sanskrit ???? (ojas, “strength, vigor”), Avestan ????????????????????? (aojah), ????????????????????? (aogah, “might, power”) as well as Latin augustus (< *h?ewgos-tos).
• From avis (“bird”) + garrire (“to talk”), as augurs were known to observe the behavior of birds.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?au?.?ur/, [?äu???r]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?au?.?ur/, [???u??ur]

Noun

augur m or f (genitive auguris); third declension

1. augur

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Synonyms

• auspex

Derived terms

• augurium
• augur?

Descendants

References

• augur in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• augur in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• augur in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• augur in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• augur in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
• augur in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Middle English

Noun

augur

1. Alternative form of nauger

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Latin augur

Noun

augur m (definite singular auguren, indefinite plural augurer, definite plural augurene)

1. (historical) an augur, see English augur for more.
2. (informal) a chief, bigwig

References

• “augur” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “augur” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Latin augur

Noun

augur m (definite singular auguren, indefinite plural augurar, definite plural augurane)

1. (historical) an augur, see English augur for more.
2. (informal) a chief, bigwig

References

• “augur” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French augure, from Latin augur, augurium.

Noun

augur m (plural auguri)

1. augur, auspex

Noun

augur n (uncountable)

1. augury, omen

Related terms

• augura

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin augur.

Noun

augur m (plural augures)

1. augur

Related terms

Further reading

• “augur” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin calcul?tus, perfect passive participle of calcul? (“I reckon, originally by means of pebbles”), from calculus (“a pebble”). Refer to calculus for origin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?kælkj?le?t/, /?kælkj?le?t/
• Hyphenation: cal?cu?late

Verb

calculate (third-person singular simple present calculates, present participle calculating, simple past and past participle calculated)

1. (transitive, mathematics) To determine the value of something or the solution to something by a mathematical process.

2. (intransitive, mathematics) To determine values or solutions by a mathematical process; reckon.
3. (intransitive, US, dialect) To plan; to expect; to think.
4. To ascertain or predict by mathematical or astrological computations the time, circumstances, or other conditions of; to forecast or compute the character or consequences of.

5. To adjust for purpose; to adapt by forethought or calculation; to fit or prepare by the adaptation of means to an end.
   • a. 1694, John Tillotson, The Advantages of Religion to particular Persons

     [Religion] is […] calculated for our benefit.

Conjugation

Synonyms

• (determine value of or solution to): compute, reckon (old), work out
• (determine values or solutions): compute, reckon (old)

Derived terms

• backcalculate
• calculating

Related terms

• calculation
• calculus
• calculator
• incalculable

Translations

Further reading

• calculate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• calculate in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “calculate”, in Online Etymology Dictionary

Latin

Verb

calcul?te

1. second-person plural present active imperative of calcul?
   1. "calculate ye, compute ye"
   2. (figuratively) "consider ye as, esteem ye"

Participle

calcul?te

1. vocative masculine singular of calcul?tus