haruspex.
soothsayer, diviner; inspector of entrails of victims;
Meaning & usage
diviner who reads from the intestines of sacrificial animals; one who practices haruspicy
Where this word comes from
From Proto-Italic *haru-speks, from *speks. The first component may be related to hīra (“empty gut”); the second is from the root of speciō (“to observe, watch”). Compare Faliscan 𐌇𐌀𐌓𐌉𐌔𐌐(𐌄𐌗) (harisp(ex)). According to Nocentini the first part stems from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰerH- (“intestine”) (thus *ǵʰr̥H-u- > *xaru-), whence also Latin hariolus, hernia (“hernia”). Cognate to Ancient Greek χορδή (khordḗ), Proto-Germanic *garnō (“intestines”) (whence German Garn) and to Lithuanian žarnà (“intestine”). The component -spex can also be found in the word auspex.
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