Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term or phrase:
augure favorable
English translation:
favorable augury
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French term
augure favorable
French to English
Art/Literary
Poetry & Literature
D'ailleurs, si l'on s'amusait à associer le sens des deux syllables qui composent son nom, l'Irlande serait "terre de la colère". Son climat imprévisible en serait-il l'une des manifestations? Ou est-ce, en rénonance d'une culture plurimillénaire, les augures favorables d'une contrée peuplée depuis le pré-histoire.
Proposed translations
(English)
| 5 +5 | favorable augury |
Jane Lamb-Ruiz (X)
|
| 5 | good omen |
Graham macLachlan
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| 3 | landmark... |
ashiq mangel
|
Proposed translations
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favorable augury
as in GOOD SIGN
the ireland...the authors is in fantasy land...anyway, it's EIRE that's where Ireland comes from...so the homophony is purely accidental.
D'Artagnan, from being himself on all great occasions extremely concise, did not
draw from the general's conciseness a favorable augury of the result of his ...
www.thefreedictionary.com/augury - 17k - Cached - Similar pages
On Auguries
... Do you approve of this?” The results of an augury can therefore
only be favorable (nuntiatio) or unfavorable (obnuntiatio). ...
home.tiscali.be/mauk.haemers/ collegium_religionis/augury.htm - 64k - Cached - Similar pages
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... If the power considers the outcome worth the risks a cleric might be
directed with a favorable augury when the odds are very poor. ...
phoenixinn.iwarp.com/fantasy/fantpdf/priest_2.pdf - Similar pages
FarShores Ancient Mysteries Article: Revelations From Eden - An ...
... Thus, the central function of the stones was to propitiate gods with
human sacrifice in return for a favorable augury. The worship ...
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Dictionary.com/augury
the ireland...the authors is in fantasy land...anyway, it's EIRE that's where Ireland comes from...so the homophony is purely accidental.
D'Artagnan, from being himself on all great occasions extremely concise, did not
draw from the general's conciseness a favorable augury of the result of his ...
www.thefreedictionary.com/augury - 17k - Cached - Similar pages
On Auguries
... Do you approve of this?” The results of an augury can therefore
only be favorable (nuntiatio) or unfavorable (obnuntiatio). ...
home.tiscali.be/mauk.haemers/ collegium_religionis/augury.htm - 64k - Cached - Similar pages
[PDF] Second Level
File Format: PDF/Adobe Acrobat - View as HTML
Your browser may not have a PDF reader available. Google recommends visiting our text version of this document.
... If the power considers the outcome worth the risks a cleric might be
directed with a favorable augury when the odds are very poor. ...
phoenixinn.iwarp.com/fantasy/fantpdf/priest_2.pdf - Similar pages
FarShores Ancient Mysteries Article: Revelations From Eden - An ...
... Thus, the central function of the stones was to propitiate gods with
human sacrifice in return for a favorable augury. The worship ...
www.100megsfree4.com/farshores/arfe.htm - 19k - Cached - Similar pages
Dictionary.com/augury
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25 mins
good omen
something that bodes/augurs well
41 mins
landmark...
I think that "augure" in this context is not to be understood as omen or sign. I rather take it as an auspicious landmark or symbol.
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