haruspex
英 [hə'rʌspeks]
美
- （古罗马）以动物内脏占卜的僧人
英文词源
- haruspex (n.)
- 1580s, from Latin haruspex (plural haruspices) "soothsayer by means of entrails," first element from PIE *ghere- "gut, entrail" (see yarn); second element from Latin spic- "beholding, inspecting," from PIE *speks "he who sees," from root *spek- "to observe" (see scope (n.1)). The practice is Etruscan. Related: Haruspical; haruspication.
词态变化
复数: haruspices;
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