haruspexn.

Brit.

/həˈrʌspɛks/,

/haˈrʌspɛks/,

/ˈharəspɛks/, U.S.

/həˈrəˌspɛks/,

/ˈhɛrəˌspɛks/

Forms: Plural haruspices /-ɪsiːz/. Also 1500s–1800s aruspex, 1600s anglicized as ( h)aruspick, -pect.

Etymology: < Latin (h)aruspex, < a root appearing in Sanskrit hirâ entrails + Latin -spic- beholding, inspecting.

One of a class of ancient Roman soothsayers, of Etruscan origin, who performed divination by inspection of the entrails of victims, and in other ways.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > divination by natural phenomena > divination by entrails, haruspicy > [noun] > one who practises

haruspex1584

bowel-gazer1587

bowel-prier1600

paunch-porer1656

extispex1727

1584 R. Scot Discouerie Witchcraft ix. iii. 171 Another sort of witching priests called Aruspices, prophesied victorie to Alexander, bicause an eagle lighted on his head.

a1626 W. Rowley Birth of Merlin (1662) sig. F1 Not an Aurasper with his Whistling spells.

1652 J. Gaule Πυς-μαντια 313 Alexander..called his Aruspicks to inspect the entrayls.

1741 C. Middleton Hist. Life Cicero I. vi. 454 These terrors alarmed the City, and the Senate consulted the Haruspices.

1879 J. A. Froude Cæsar xxvi. 458 ‘Am I to be frightened’, he said, in answer to some report of the haruspices, ‘because a sheep is without a heart?’

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	haruspex
释义	haruspexn. Brit. /həˈrʌspɛks/, /haˈrʌspɛks/, /ˈharəspɛks/, U.S. /həˈrəˌspɛks/, /ˈhɛrəˌspɛks/ Forms: Plural haruspices /-ɪsiːz/. Also 1500s–1800s aruspex, 1600s anglicized as ( h)aruspick, -pect. Etymology: < Latin (h)aruspex, < a root appearing in Sanskrit hirâ entrails + Latin -spic- beholding, inspecting. One of a class of ancient Roman soothsayers, of Etruscan origin, who performed divination by inspection of the entrails of victims, and in other ways. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > divination by natural phenomena > divination by entrails, haruspicy > [noun] > one who practises haruspex1584 bowel-gazer1587 bowel-prier1600 paunch-porer1656 extispex1727 1584 R. Scot Discouerie Witchcraft ix. iii. 171 Another sort of witching priests called Aruspices, prophesied victorie to Alexander, bicause an eagle lighted on his head. a1626 W. Rowley Birth of Merlin (1662) sig. F1 Not an Aurasper with his Whistling spells. 1652 J. Gaule Πυς-μαντια 313 Alexander..called his Aruspicks to inspect the entrayls. 1741 C. Middleton Hist. Life Cicero I. vi. 454 These terrors alarmed the City, and the Senate consulted the Haruspices. 1879 J. A. Froude Cæsar xxvi. 458 ‘Am I to be frightened’, he said, in answer to some report of the haruspices, ‘because a sheep is without a heart?’ This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1584
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