- a variation of haruspex.
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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 Livius, Titus
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 Clough, Arthur Hugh
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 Livius, Titus
"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
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 Livius, Titus
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 Proudhon, P.-J. (Pierre-Joseph)
The aruspices therefore detained him at Rome, glowing and burning with desire to return to the war.
From Plutarch: Lives of the noble Grecians and Romans by Clough, Arthur Hugh
To expiate the other prodigies, a supplication was performed; the ox was ordered by the aruspices to be carefully preserved and fed.
From The History of Rome, Books 27 to 36 by Livius, Titus
As the vessel bearing the holy stone came up the Tiber it grounded at the foot of the Aventine, when the aruspices declared that only chaste hands would be able to move it.
From Walks in Rome by Hare, Augustus J. C.
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