σπλαγχνοσκοπία
τὸ πεπρωμένον φυγεῖν ἀδύνατον → you can't escape your destiny | there is no escaping from destiny | it's impossible to escape from what is destined | it is impossible to escape from what is destined | what is fated is impossible to escape | if you're born to be hanged, then you'll never be drowned | he that is born to be hanged shall never be drowned | if you are born to be hanged then you'll never be drowned | if you're born to be hanged then you'll never be drowned| you can't outrun your fate | you cannot outrun your fate | you can't stop fate | that's the way the cookie crumbles
English (LSJ)
ἡ,
A examination of the entrails of a victim, for purpose of prophecy, Herm. in Phdr.p.109 A.
Greek Monolingual
η, ΝΜΑ, και σπλάγχνο σκοπεία Μ
η μαντεία που γινόταν με εξέταση τών σπλάγχνων του ζώου το οποίο προσφέρθηκε στη θυσία, αλλ. ιεροσκοπία
νεοελλ.
ιατρ. μακροσκοπική εξέταση τών σπλάγχνων.
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. < σπλάγχνα + -σκοπιά (< -σκόπος < σκοπός < σκέπτομαι), πρβλ. ἡπατο-σκοπία].
