haruspicinus

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

hăruspĭcīnus (ar-), a, um, adj. [haruspex], of or relating to the inspection of victims.

I Adj. : quod Etruscorum declarant et haruspicini et fulgurales et tonitruales libri, Cic. Div. 1, 33, 72.—

II Subst.: hăruspĭ-cīna , ae, f. (sc. ars), the art of divining , divination : oratio, quae haruspicinae disciplina continetur, Cic. Div. 2, 23, 50; id. Fam. 6, 18, 1.

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