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haruspex
[ huh-ruhs-peks, har-uh-speks ]
noun
- (in ancient Rome) one of a class of minor priests who practiced divination, especially from the entrails of animals killed in sacrifice.
haruspex
/ h蓹藞r蕦sp瑟k蓹l; h蓹藞r蕦sp瑟s瑟; h蓹藞r蕦sp蓻ks /
noun
- (in ancient Rome) a priest who practised divination, esp by examining the entrails of animals
Derived Forms
- haruspical, adjective
- haruspicy, noun
亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of haruspex1
Example Sentences
Cato, the Censor, is on record as saying "that he wondered how one haruspex could look another in the face without laughing!"
Whereupon, the store of haruspices and augurs that feed upon superstitious Rome were brought in鈥攐nly to furnish mirth for the court and victims for Tiberius.
The altar had been erected, the swine sacrificed, and the augurs and haruspices on both sides had predicted nothing but amity and concord.
In ancient times, there would have been some official haruspex charged with picking over the entrails of a sacrificial offering ahead of any important occasion.
Even Cato,91 the leader of the orthodox, national, and conservative party, expressed his surprise that a haruspex, when meeting a colleague, did not burst out laughing.
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