different between auspice vs sortilege

English

Etymology

From Middle French auspice, from Latin auspicium, in turn from auspex.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: ôs?p?s, IPA^(key): /???sp?s/
• (US) enPR: ôs?p?s, IPA^(key): /??sp?s/
• (cot–caught merger, Inland Northern American) enPR: äs?p?s, IPA^(key): /??sp?s/

Noun

auspice (plural auspices)

1. (chiefly in the plural) Patronage or protection.

   This building was built under the auspices of the Friends of the Poor.

2. An omen or a sign.

   The circle of vultures was not a good auspice.

3. (obsolete) Divination from the actions of birds.

Hypernyms

• (patronage or protection): support
• (divination from the actions of birds): augury, fortunetelling, divination

Related terms

• auspiced
• auspicing
• auspicious

Translations

Verb

auspice (third-person singular simple present auspices, present participle auspicing, simple past and past participle auspiced)

1. to be patron of; to sponsor

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin auspicium.

Noun

auspice m (plural auspices)

1. (chiefly in the plural) omen; auspices

Derived terms

• auspicieux

References

• “auspice” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Italian

Etymology

From Latin auspex.

Noun

auspice m (plural auspici)

1. auspex
2. patron, sponsor, promoter

Related terms

• auspicio
• auspicare

Further reading

• auspice in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Latin

Noun

auspice

1. ablative singular of auspex

English

Etymology

From Old French sortilège, from Medieval Latin sortilegium (“witchcraft”), from Latin sortilegus (“sorcerer, diviner”), from sors (“fate”) + legere (“choose”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?s??t?l?d??/

Noun

sortilege (countable and uncountable, plural sortileges)

1. Witchcraft, magic, especially as a means of making decisions or predictions.
   • 1819, Walter Scott, Ivanhoe:

     We have therefore summoned to our presence a Jewish woman, by name Rebecca, daughter of Isaac of York — a woman infamous for sortileges and for witcheries.

   • 1971, Keith Thomas, Religion and the Decline of Magic, Folio Society 2012, page 115:

     Orthodox believers […] were less happy about using sortilege to coerce God into taking decisions on their behalf.

   • 2001, JT Leroy, Sarah:

     ‘Too much evil sortilege,’ Glad always says when someone suggests he open a franchise over Cheat Ridge.

Derived terms

• sortilegious

Translations

Latin

Adjective

sortilege

1. vocative masculine singular of sortilegus