(ὀρνιθομαντεία/ornithomanteía 'bird divination' or ὀρνιθοσκοπία/ornithoskopía 'bird watching', also ὀρνιθεία/ornitheía 'bird (art)'; Latin auspicium 'bird watching', augurium; cf. Augures ; cf. Umbrian aves anzeriaom). Method of divination; the interpretation results from the configuration of visual and aural signs (bird species, motion [in flight]; bird noises) and from its arrangement into a space defined by boundaries and divided into meaningful sections (Latin templum ; Limitation [I], Pars antica, postica ).
The tradition of the theory of aug…