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Webster 1913 Edition


Haruspice

Ha-rus′pice

(hȧ-rŭs′pĭs)
,
Noun.
[F., fr. L.
haruspex
.]
A diviner of ancient Rome. Same as
Aruspice
.

Webster 1828 Edition


Haruspice

HAR'USPICE

,
Noun.
[L. haruspex, from specio, to view.]
In Roman history, a person who pretended to foretell future events by inspecting the entrails of beasts sacrificed, or watching the circumstances attending their slaughter, or their manner of burning and the ascent of the smoke.

Definition 2024


Haruspice

Haruspice

See also: haruspice

English

Proper noun

Haruspice

  1. an Etruscan seer in ancient Rome

Alternative forms

  • Aruuspex
  • Aruspice

haruspice

haruspice

See also: Haruspice

Latin

Noun

haruspice

  1. ablative singular of haruspex