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haruspices

UK/hæˈɹʊspɪsiːz/

haruspices is the plural of haruspex.

Meaning of haruspex

Noun

haruspex (plural haruspices)

  1. A soothsayer or priest in Ancient Rome (originally Etruscan) who practiced haruspicy, divination by inspecting entrails.
    • If it be lawfull for Panæcius to maintaine his judgement about Aruspices, Dreames, Oracles and Prophecies[…]: Wherfore shall not a wise-man dare that in all things, which this man dareth in such as he hath learned of his Masters?1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 12, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book II, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC

Questions about haruspices

What is haruspices the plural of?
Haruspices is the plural of haruspex.
How do you pronounce haruspices?
Haruspices is pronounced /hæˈɹʊspɪsiːz/ (UK).

Words near haruspices in the dictionary

  1. haruspication
  2. haruspications
  3. haruspicator
  4. haruspicators
  5. haruspice
  6. haruspices
  7. haruspicies
  8. haruspicy
  9. Harutyun
  10. Harutyunyan
  11. Harutyunyans

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