HARUSPEX
\hˈɑːɹəspˌɛks], \hˈɑːɹəspˌɛks], \h_ˈɑː_ɹ_ə_s_p_ˌɛ_k_s]\
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ha-rus'peks, n. (pl. HARUS'PICES) a soothsayer or diviner among the Etruscans, and from them adopted by the Romans, who foretold future events from the inspection of the entrails of animals offered in sacrifice--also HARUS'PICE.--ns. HARUSPIC[=A]'TION, HARUS'PICY, divination as by a haruspex. [L., from an assumed haru, cog. with Sans. hirâ, entrails, and L. spec[)e]re, to view.]
By Thomas Davidson
