aruspex
noun
aruspices
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pluralof aruspex.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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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 Arthur Hugh Clough
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
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 Augustus J. C. Hare
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 Titus Livius
