extispex

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

extispex, ĭcis (also post-class. ‡

extispicus, i, Inscr. Orell. 2302), m. [exta-specio], one who prophesies by inspecting the entrails of animals , a diviner , soothsayer (syn.: augur, auspex, haruspex, hariolus, vates), Cic. Div. 2, 11, 26; 2, 18, 42; Varr. ap. Non. 16, 14.— Gen. plur. : extispicium, Att. ap. Non. 16, 11 (Rib. Trag. Rel. p. 190): extispicum, Poët. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 16, 29 (Trag. Rel. p. 247).

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