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haruspex

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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/həˈrʌspɛks/
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noun

Meaning 1

A soothsayer or priest in Ancient Rome (originally Etruscan) who practiced haruspicy, divination by inspecting entrails.

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History

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin haruspex.

Across languages

Translations

13 source translations are retained for this English entry.

Asturian: harúspiz — one who practices divination by inspecting entrails
Catalan: harúspex — one who practices divination by inspecting entrails
Faliscan: 𐌇𐌀𐌓𐌉𐌔𐌐 — one who practices divination by inspecting entrails
Finnish: haruspeksi — one who practices divination by inspecting entrails
French: haruspice — one who practices divination by inspecting entrails
French: aruspice — one who practices divination by inspecting entrails
Italian: aruspice — one who practices divination by inspecting entrails
Latin: haruspex — one who practices divination by inspecting entrails
Latin: extispex — one who practices divination by inspecting entrails
Portuguese: arúspice — one who practices divination by inspecting entrails
Slovak: haruspex — one who practices divination by inspecting entrails
Spanish: arúspice — one who practices divination by inspecting entrails
Spanish: aurúspice — one who practices divination by inspecting entrails

Word forms

Inflections and variants

haruspices — plural
aruspex — alternative
haruspice — alternative
haruspices — noun exception form

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