θυοσκοπία
ἢ τοὺς πότους ἐρεῖς δῆλον ὅτι καὶ τὰ δεῖπνα καὶ ἐσθῆτα καὶ ἀφροδίσια, καὶ δέδιας μὴ τούτων ἐνδεὴς γενόμενος ἀπόλωμαι. οὐκ ἐννοεῖς δὲ ὅτι τὸ μὴ διψῆν τοῦ πιεῖν πολὺ κάλλιον καὶ τὸ μὴ πεινῆν τοῦ φαγεῖν καὶ τὸ μὴ ῥιγοῦν τοῦ ἀμπεχόνης εὐπορεῖν; → There you'll go, talking of drinking and dining and dressing up and screwing, worrying I'll be lost without all that. Don't you realize how much better it is to have no thirst, than to drink? to have no hunger, than to eat? to not be cold, than to possess a wardrobe of finery? (Lucian, On Mourning 16)
English (LSJ)
ἡ,= A haruspicina, used as etym. of Θοῦσκος, Lyd.Mag.Prooem.
Greek Monolingual
θυοσκοπία, ἡ (Α) θυοσκόπος
(η λ. έχει χρησιμοποιηθεί ως ετυμολ. του Θοῦσκος, στον Ιω. Λυδό)
η μαντευτική που γίνεται με την παρατήρηση και μελέτη τών εντοσθίων τών θυμάτων, η ιεροσκοπία.
