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.
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| 释义 | the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > divination by natural phenomena > divination by entrails, haruspicy > [noun] > one who practises (5) haruspex1584 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. bowel-gazer1587 one who inspects the entrails of sacrificed animals for religious purposes, a haruspex. bowel-prier1600 paunch-porer1656 an augur who prophesies by inspecting the entrails of sacrificed animals. extispex1727 One whose duty it was to inspect the entrails of sacrificial victims for the purpose of divination; a haruspex. |
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