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 business of aruspices was to look upon the beasts offered in sacrifices, and by them to divine the success of any enterprise.
From Roman Antiquities, and Ancient Mythology For Classical Schools (2nd ed) by Charles K. Dillaway
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
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
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
