Crossword-Solution: AUSPEX 6 letters, 7 clues 🏆 scrabble score: 15

FIT emblem for the altar's side, And him who serves its daily need, The stay, the solace, and the guide Of mortal men, whate'er his creed! Flamen or Auspex, Priest or Bonze, He feeds the upward-climbing fire, Still teaching, like the deathless bronze, Man's noblest lesson,--to aspire.

Impios parrae recinentis omen Ducat et praegnans canis aut ab agro Rava decurrens lupa Lanuvino Fetaque volpes; Rumpat et serpens iter institutum, 5 Si per obliquum similis sagittae Terruit mannos: ego cui timebo, Providus auspex, Antequam stantis repetat paludes Imbrium divina avis imminentum, 10 Oscinem corvum prece suscitabo Solis ab ortu.

This Auspex was the cleverest imaginable man for jokes and chit-chat, for despising all mankind, gratifying his friends, and making reprisals upon his enemy.

When the emperor was enrolled in the family of Marcus, Auspex said: "I congratulate you, Caesar, upon having found a father." This implied that up to this time his obscure origin had made him as good as fatherless.

However, Julius Auspex, a chieftain of the 69 Remi, enlarged upon the power of Rome and the blessings of peace.