haruspex

[ huh-ruhs-peks, har-uh-speks ]

/ həˈrʌs pɛks, ˈhær əˌspɛks /

(in ancient Rome) one of a class of minor priests who practiced divination, especially from the entrails of animals killed in sacrifice.

Also aruspex.

Origin of haruspex

1575–85; < Latin, equivalent to haru- (akin to hīra intestine; see chord¹) + spec- (stem of specere to look at) + -s nominative singular ending

During this speech the haruspex had frequently shrugged his shoulders.

Uarda, Complete |Georg Ebers
"He is indispensable to us at this time," said the haruspex.

Uarda, Complete |Georg Ebers
No Etruscan haruspex or Roman augur could wish for clearer omens: it reads like a page of Livy.

A History of The Inquisition of The Middle Ages; volume III |Henry Charles Lea
"So long as you are our leader, certainly," cried the haruspex.

Uarda, Complete |Georg Ebers

Manlius assisted in bringing the animals selected for victims to the haruspex.

A Christian But a Roman |Mr Jkai

haruspex

/ (həˈrʌspɛks) /

(in ancient Rome) a priest who practised divination, esp by examining the entrails of animals

haruspical (həˈrʌspɪkəl), adjective haruspicy (həˈrʌspɪsɪ), noun

C16: from Latin, probably from hīra gut + specere to look