extispicium
Latin edit
Etymology edit
extispex (“diviner of entrails”) + -ium (forming abstract nouns)
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ek.stisˈpi.ki.um/, [ɛks̠t̪ɪs̠ˈpɪkiʊ̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ek.stisˈpi.t͡ʃi.um/, [ekst̪isˈpiːt͡ʃium]
Noun edit
extispicium n (genitive extispiciī or extispicī); second declension
- extispicy; divination through the examination of entrails.
Declension edit
Second-declension noun (neuter).
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | extispicium | extispicia |
| Genitive | extispiciī extispicī1 |
extispiciōrum |
| Dative | extispiciō | extispiciīs |
| Accusative | extispicium | extispicia |
| Ablative | extispiciō | extispiciīs |
| Vocative | extispicium | extispicia |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
Descendants edit
- → English: extispicy
- → Italian: extispicio, estispicio
References edit
- “extispicium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- extispicium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.