Definitions for haruspex
həˈrʌs pɛks, ˈhær əˌspɛks; həˈrʌs pəˌsizharus·pex

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1. haruspexnoun

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

2. Etymology: Borrowed from haruspex.

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1. Haruspex

   In the religion of ancient Rome, a haruspex (plural haruspices; also called aruspex) was a person trained to practise a form of divination called haruspicy (haruspicina), the inspection of the entrails (exta—hence also extispicy (extispicium)) of sacrificed animals, especially the livers of sacrificed sheep and poultry. The reading of omens specifically from the liver is also known by the Greek term hepatoscopy (also hepatomancy). The Roman concept is directly derived from Etruscan religion, as one of the three branches of the disciplina Etrusca. Such methods continued to be used well into the Middle Ages, especially among Christian apostates and pagans. The Latin terms haruspex and haruspicina are from an archaic word, hīra = "entrails, intestines" (cognate with hernia = "protruding viscera" and hira = "empty gut"; PIE *ǵʰer-) and from the root spec- = "to watch, observe". The Greek ἡπατοσκοπία hēpatoskōpia is from hēpar = "liver" and skop- = "to examine".

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1. Haruspex

   In Etruscan and Roman religious practice, a haruspex is a person trained to practice a form of divination called haruspicy, hepatoscopy or hepatomancy. Haruspicy is the inspection of the entrails of sacrificed animals, especially the livers of sacrificed sheep and poultry. Haruspicy is one of the three branches of the "Etruscan discipline" preserved in written texts that were known to the Romans, along with ritual practice and divination from lightning. As a specific form of the general practice of extispicy, haruspicy as practiced by the Romans and Etruscans has antecedents in the Near East among the Hittites and Babylonians.

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1. Haruspex

   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. Haruspicā′tion, Harus′picy, divination as by a haruspex. [L., from an assumed haru, cog. with Sans. hirâ, entrails, and L. specĕre, to view.]

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1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of haruspex in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of haruspex in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

References

1. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Haruspex
2. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haruspex
3. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=haruspex
4. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=haruspex