haruspex

Definitions


[ˈharəspɛks], (Noun)

Definitions:
- (in ancient Rome) a religious official who interpreted omens by inspecting the entrails of sacrificial animals


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Origin:
Latin, from an unrecorded element meaning ‘entrails’ (related to Sanskrit hirā ‘artery’) + -spex (from specere ‘look at’)




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