extispex
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Latin > English
extispex extispicis N M :: soothsayer who practices divination by observation of entrils of victim
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
extispex: ĭcis (also post-class. ‡
I extispicus, i, Inscr. Orell. 2302), m. exta-specio, one who prophesies by inspecting the entrails of animals, a diviner, soothsayer (syn.: augur, auspex, haruspex, hariolus, vates), Cic. Div. 2, 11, 26; 2, 18, 42; Varr. ap. Non. 16, 14.—Gen. plur.: extispicium, Att. ap. Non. 16, 11 (Rib. Trag. Rel. p. 190): extispicum, Poët. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 16, 29 (Trag. Rel. p. 247).
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
extispex, ĭcis, m. (exta, specio), haruspice : Cic. Div. 1, 12 ; 2, 42. gén. pl. -cium Acc. Tr. 419 et -cum Poet. d. Cic. Div. 1, 29.
Latin > German (Georges)
extispex, spicis, m. (exta u. *specio), der Weissager aus den Eingeweiden der Tiere, der Eingeweidebeschauer, Varro sat. Men. 451: Genet. Plur., extispicium, Acc. tr. 419: extispicum, Tragic. inc. fr. 88. Cic. de div. 1, 12 u. 2, 42. – Nbf. extinspex, Gloss. V, 197, 7.
Latin > Chinese
*extispex, icis. m. :: 以臟爲卜者
