different between prophecy vs auspice

English

Etymology

From Middle English prophecie, from Old French prophetie, from Latin proph?t?a, from Ancient Greek ????????? (proph?teía, “prophecy”), from ???????? (proph?t?s, “speaker of a god”), from ??? (pró, “before”) + ???? (ph?mí, “I tell”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?p??f.?.si/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?p??f?si/

Noun

prophecy (countable and uncountable, plural prophecies)

1. A prediction, especially one made by a prophet or under divine inspiration.

   French writer Nostradamus made a prophecy in his book.

2. The public interpretation of Scripture.

Derived terms

• self-fulfilling prophecy
• self-defeating prophecy

Related terms

• prophesy
• prophet
• prophetic

Translations

Verb

prophecy (third-person singular simple present prophecies, present participle prophecying, simple past and past participle prophecied)

1. (chiefly dated) Alternative form of prophesy
   • 1967, George King, The Five Temples Of God, The Aetherius Society (2014 edition), page 19:

     The manipulation of these tremendous beneficient energies helped the world so well that the vast majority of these prophecied catastrophies did not happen.

   • 2001, Marjorie Garber, "“ ” (Quotation Marks)", in S.I. Salamensky, Talk, Talk, Talk: The Cultural Life of Everyday Conversation, Routledge, page 142:

     One prophecied a change of fortunes for the club: […]

   • 2013, Theodor Adorno, The Jargon of Authenticity, Routledge, page 135:

     The Heideggerian tone of voice is indeed prophecied in Schiller’s discussion of dignity.

   • 2014, Emran El-Badawi, The Qur'an and the Aramaic Gospel Traditions, Routledge, page 85:

     the parable in Mark 12:1—5 where some of Jesus’s followers who prophecied and were martyred in Antioch (Q 36;13—25; cf. 11:91);

Middle English

Noun

prophecy

1. Alternative form of prophecie

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