英语词汇“hepatoscopy”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

hepatoscopy n.

Brit.

/ˌhɛpəˈtɒskəpi/

U.S.

/ˌhɛpəˈtɑskəpi/

[Greek -σκοπία inspection] inspection of the liver; divination by inspection of the liver of an animal.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > divination by natural phenomena > divination by entrails, haruspicy > [noun] > by animal's liver

hepatoscopy1728

1728 E. Chambers Cycl. at Divination Hepatoscopy, or the Consideration of the Liver.

1928 C. Dawson Age of Gods xiii. 307 The practice of Hepatoscopy or divination from the liver of the sacrificial victim, which reached Asia Minor from Mesopotamia, was carried by the Etruscans to Italy.

1957 Encycl. Brit. XI. 451/1 The theory underlying hepatoscopy consists of the belief (1) that the liver is the seat of life, or the soul of the animal; and (2) that the liver of the sacrificial animal..took on the same character as the soul of the god to whom it was offered.

单词	hepatoscopy
释义	> as lemmas hepatoscopy hepatoscopy n. Brit. /ˌhɛpəˈtɒskəpi/ , U.S. /ˌhɛpəˈtɑskəpi/ [Greek -σκοπία inspection] inspection of the liver; divination by inspection of the liver of an animal. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > divination by natural phenomena > divination by entrails, haruspicy > [noun] > by animal's liver hepatoscopy1728 1728 E. Chambers Cycl. at Divination Hepatoscopy, or the Consideration of the Liver. 1928 C. Dawson Age of Gods xiii. 307 The practice of Hepatoscopy or divination from the liver of the sacrificial victim, which reached Asia Minor from Mesopotamia, was carried by the Etruscans to Italy. 1957 Encycl. Brit. XI. 451/1 The theory underlying hepatoscopy consists of the belief (1) that the liver is the seat of life, or the soul of the animal; and (2) that the liver of the sacrificial animal..took on the same character as the soul of the god to whom it was offered. extracted from hepato-comb. form < as lemmas
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> as lemmas