aruspice

See also: arúspice

English

Noun

aruspice (plural aruspices)

1. Alternative form of haruspex
   • 1751, John Boyle Earl of Orrery, The Letters of Pliny the Younger:

     The aruspices, by whose admonition [aruspicum monitu] PLINY had undertaken to rebuild the temple of CERES, were always more revered in Tuscany, than in any other part of Italy.

   • 1810, William Fordyce Mavor, The History of Rome, from the Foundation of the City Till the Termination of the Eastern Empire:

     The Roman aruspices were all taken at first from Etruria, where their art was in great repute, but afterwards the senate ordered twelve of the sons of the chief men in Rome to be sent into that country to learn the rites and ceremonies of the Etruscan religion, of which the science was the chief part.

   • 1830, Tales of the Classics:

     He therefore determined to offer without delay a sacrifice of two sheep, and sent off messengers to fetch an aruspice who might examine the entrails of those poor animals, with a view to discover what this sudden and miraculous growth of horns might signify.

French

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Noun

aruspice m (plural aruspices)

1. haruspex

Further reading

• “aruspice”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Italian

antica rappresentazione d'un aruspice — ancient depiction of a haruspex

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Classical Latin haruspicem, from Proto-Italic *haruspeks (“diviner”, literally “who examines intestines”), derived from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰr̥H-u-, from the root *ǵʰer- (“bowels, intestines”), plus the root *speḱ- (“to see, look, observe”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈru.spi.t͡ʃe/
• Rhymes: -uspitʃe
• Hyphenation: a‧rù‧spi‧ce

Noun

aruspice m (plural aruspici)

1. (historical, Ancient Rome) haruspex (one who practices divination by inspecting entrails)

Derived terms

• aruspicare

Related terms

• aruspicale
• aruspicina
• aruspicino
• aruspicio

 

References

• aruspice in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

• sciupare, sciuperà

Latin

Noun

aruspice

1. ablative singular of aruspex

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French aruspice.

Noun

aruspice m (plural aruspici)

1. haruspex

Declension

Declension of aruspice

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) aruspice	aruspiceul	(niște) aruspici	aruspicii
genitive/dative	(unui) aruspice	aruspiceului	(unor) aruspici	aruspicilor
vocative	aruspiceule		aruspicilor