- a variation of haruspex.
aruspex
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aruspices
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In the first victim the aruspex showed him the liver without a head; in the second the head appeared of unusual size, and all the other indications highly promising.
From Plutarch: Lives of the noble Grecians and Romans by Arthur Hugh Clough
"Great merchants, men Who dealt in kingdoms; ruddy aruspex, And pale philosopher, who bent beneath The keys of wisdom."
From Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 1, No. 3, August, 1850. by Various
That the aruspex was not, indeed, pleased that the entrails should first have appeared mutilated and foul, and then too exuberant.
From The History of Rome, Books 27 to 36 by Titus Livius
Also, on consulting the gods after sacrificing a victim, the aruspex forewarned him to be on his guard against hostile treachery and ambuscade.
From The History of Rome, Books 27 to 36 by Titus Livius
These prodigies were expiated by victims of the larger kind, according to the response of the aruspices; and a supplication was ordered to all the deities who had shrines at Rome.
From The History of Rome, Books 09 to 26 by Titus Livius
The college of aruspices has, therefore, renewed its question, but in more significant terms.
From System of Economical Contradictions; or, the Philosophy of Misery by P.-J. (Pierre-Joseph) Proudhon
King Belshazzar in the same manner convoked the magicians, Chaldeans, and aruspices of the country, to explain to him the meaning of these words which he saw written on the wall: Mene, Tekel, Perez.
From The Phantom World or, The philosophy of spirits, apparitions, &c, &c. by Henry Christmas
Previous to the speech as to the "aruspices," he had defended Sextius—or Sestius, as he is frequently called—on a charge brought against him by Clodius in respect of violence.
From The Life of Cicero Volume II. by Anthony Trollope
King Nebuchadnezzar, having been frightened in a dream, sent for the Magi, or magicians, diviners, aruspices, and Chaldeans, to interpret the dream he had had.
From The Phantom World or, The philosophy of spirits, apparitions, &c, &c. by Henry Christmas
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