augur

priest in the classical Roman world whose main role was the practice of augury
Intangible position Q215909
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augur

Summary

augur is a position[1]. augur ranks in the top 5% of position entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,438 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • augur's field of work was ancient Roman religion[3].
  • augur is in the country of Ancient Rome[4].
  • augur's instance of is recorded as position[5].
  • augur's instance of is recorded as religious figure[6].
  • augur is a type of ancient Roman priest[7].
  • augur is part of college of augurs[8].
  • augur's Commons category is recorded as Augurs[9].
  • augur's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Roman augurs[10].
  • augur's applies to jurisdiction is recorded as Ancient Rome[11].
  • augur's described by source is recorded as Otto's encyclopedia[12].
  • augur's described by source is recorded as Infernal Dictionary, 6th ed.[13].
  • augur's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[14].
  • augur's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[15].
  • augur's described by source is recorded as Pauly–Wissowa[16].
  • augur's described by source is recorded as The Nuttall Encyclopædia[17].
  • augur's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[18].
  • augur's described by source is recorded as Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary[19].
  • augur's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[20].
  • augur's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica Ninth Edition[21].
  • augur's described by source is recorded as The New Student's Reference Work[22].
  • augur's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'la', 'text': 'augur'}[23].
  • augur's different from is recorded as Omen[24].
  • augur dates from the classical antiquity[25].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include position[5] and religious figure[6]. augur is a type of ancient Roman priest[7].

Use and Application

augur is part of college of augurs[8].

Influence

Things named for augur include Auguries of Innocence[26], a literary work[27], written by William Blake[28]; auguraculum[29]; inauguration[30], a key event[31]; and Augur[32], a dot-com company[33], in United States[34], founded in 2013[35], headquartered in Boulder[36].

Why It Matters

augur ranks in the top 5% of position entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,438 views/month).[2] augur has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[37] augur is known by 31 alternative names across languages and contexts.[38]

Entities named for augur include Auguries of Innocence[26], a literary work[27], written by William Blake[28]; auguraculum[29]; inauguration[30], a key event[31]; and Augur[32], a dot-com company[33], in United States[34], founded in 2013[35], headquartered in Boulder[36].

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] . wikidata.org.
  4. [3] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [26] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [29] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [30] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [32] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [27] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [28] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [33] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [34] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [35] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [36] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [37] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [38] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 26d ago · Pierrotrgr · 2026-07-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of ancient Roman priest
    Great russian encyclopedia online id (2017) 1797993
    Instance of
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