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haruspex
[ huh-ruhs-peks, har-uh-speks ]
noun
, plural ha·rus·pi·ces [h, uh, -, ruhs, -p, uh, -seez].
- (in ancient Rome) one of a class of minor priests who practiced divination, especially from the entrails of animals killed in sacrifice.
haruspex
/ həˈrʌspɪkəl; həˈrʌspɪsɪ; həˈrʌspɛks /
noun
- (in ancient Rome) a priest who practised divination, esp by examining the entrails of animals
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Derived Forms
- haruspical, adjective
- haruspicy, noun
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of haruspex1
C16: from Latin, probably from hīra gut + specere to look
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Example Sentences
Cato, the Censor, is on record as saying "that he wondered how one haruspex could look another in the face without laughing!"
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"Hatred speaks in thee," said the haruspex, interrupting the indignant old man.
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Thereupon, Roman haruspex looked into the eyes of Roman haruspex, and they both laughed.
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The haruspex submitted, though deeply vexed, and asked whether the guilty boys were also to go unpunished.
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No Etruscan haruspex or Roman augur could wish for clearer omens: it reads like a page of Livy.
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