aruspex
Americannoun
plural
aruspicesnoun
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Also, on consulting the gods after sacrificing a victim, the aruspex forewarned him to be on his guard against hostile treachery and ambuscade.
From The History of Rome, Books 27 to 36 by Livius, Titus
That the aruspex was not, indeed, pleased that the entrails should first have appeared mutilated and foul, and then too exuberant.
From The History of Rome, Books 27 to 36 by Livius, Titus
In the first victim the aruspex showed him the liver without a head; in the second the head appeared of unusual size, and all the other indications highly promising.
From Plutarch: Lives of the noble Grecians and Romans by Clough, Arthur Hugh
"Great merchants, men Who dealt in kingdoms; ruddy aruspex, And pale philosopher, who bent beneath The keys of wisdom."
From Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 1, No. 3, August, 1850. by Various
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