出典:Wiktionary
出典:『Wiktionary』 (2026/03/27 04:18 UTC 版)
haruspex (plural haruspices)
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.
haruspex m (genitive haruspicis); third declension
Third-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | haruspex | haruspicēs |
| genitive | haruspicis | haruspicum |
| dative | haruspicī | haruspicibus |
| accusative | haruspicem | haruspicēs |
| ablative | haruspice | haruspicibus |
| vocative | haruspex | haruspicēs |
出典:Wikipedia
出典:『Wikipedia』 (2011/06/03 01:06 UTC 版)
In Roman and Etruscan religious practice, a haruspex (plural haruspices; Latin auspex, plural auspices) was a man trained to practice a form of divination called haruspicy, hepatoscopy or hepatomancy. Haruspicy is the inspection of the entrails of sacrificed animals, especially the livers of sacrificed sheep and poultry. The rites were paralleled by other rites of divination such as the interpretation of lightning strikes, of the flight of birds (augury), and of other natural omens. Practitioners during the period of Roman dominance gradually adopted the title auspex from the older word haruspex, or from the Latin avis (bird) and specere or spectare (to look/see).