- haruspex
- A person who predicts the future using entrails
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Haruspex — Haruspex,der:⇨Wahrsager Haruspex→Wahrsager … Das Wörterbuch der Synonyme
haruspex — 1580s, from L. haruspex (pl. haruspices) soothsayer by means of entrails, first element from PIE *ghere gut, entrail (see YARN (Cf. yarn)); second element from L. spic beholding, inspecting (see INSPECT (Cf. inspect)). The practice is Etruscan.… … Etymology dictionary
haruspex — [hə rus′peks΄, har′əs peks΄] n. pl. haruspices [hə rus′pə sēz΄, har′əspə sēz΄] [L, lit., inspector of entrails < haru (see YARN) + spex (see AUSPEX)] in ancient Rome, a soothsayer who professed to foretell events by examining the entrails of… … English World dictionary
Haruspex — Etruscan inscriptions on the bronze sheep s liver of Piacenza In Roman and Etruscan religious practice, a haruspex (plural haruspices; Latin auspex, plural auspices) was a man trained to practice a form of divination called haruspicy, hepatoscopy … Wikipedia
Haruspex — Ha|rụ|spex auch: Ha|rụs|pex 〈m.; es od. , e od. spi|zes〉 etrusk. u. röm. Wahrsager, der aus den Eingeweiden von Opfertieren weissagte [lat.] * * * Ha|rụ|s|pex, der; , e u. Haruspizes […t̮se:s] [lat. haruspex]: (bei den Etruskern u. Römern)… … Universal-Lexikon
Haruspex — Ein Haruspex (lat.; Plural: Haruspices) war ein Angehöriger eines altrömischen Priesterkollegiums. Seine Aufgabe war, aus den Eingeweiden der geschlachteten Opfertiere vorauszusagen, ob die Götter eine beabsichtigte Unternehmung billigten oder… … Deutsch Wikipedia
Haruspex — Ha|rus|pex* der; , Plur. e u. Haruspizes [...tse:s] <aus gleichbed. lat. haruspex, eigtl. »Eingeweideschauer«> jmd., der aus den Eingeweiden von Opfertieren wahrsagt (bei Etruskern u. Römern) … Das große Fremdwörterbuch
haruspex — noun (plural haruspices) Etymology: Latin, from haru (akin to chordē gut, cord) + spex, from specere to look more at yarn, spy Date: 1584 a diviner in ancient Rome basing his predictions on inspection of the entrails of sacrificial animals … New Collegiate Dictionary
haruspex — /heuh rus peks, har euh speks /, n., pl. haruspices /heuh rus peuh seez /. (in ancient Rome) one of a class of minor priests who practiced divination, esp. from the entrails of animals killed in sacrifice. Also, aruspex. [1575 85; < L, equiv. to… … Universalium
haruspex — noun A priest in Ancient Rome (originally Etruscan) who practiced divination by inspecting entrails … Wiktionary
HARUSPEX — The Latin term for the Etruscan ritual specialist. See also AUGUR; DISCIPLINA ETRUSCA … Historical Dictionary of the Etruscans
