extispex
extispex, an observer of entrails, diviner, soothsayer
extispex, ĭcis (also post-class. ‡ 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).
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.
extipices,haelsent
extipices, i. auruspuces,halseras
extinspex, -icis, i. augur qui inspicit exta
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.
extispex icis, m
- exta + SPEC-, an observer of entrails, diviner, soothsayer.
EXTISPEX
EXTISPEX[HARUSPEX. ]
Extispex
(ἡπατοσκόπος, σπλαγχνοσκόπος). A diviner who professed to interpret the will of the gods, and to predict the future, by inspecting the entrails of victims slain at the altar (Div. ii. 18). See augur; divinatio; haruspex.