haruspex
noun/həˈrʌspɛks/
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin haruspex.
- borrowed from haruspex
Definitions
A soothsayer or priest in Ancient Rome (originally Etruscan) who practiced haruspicy,…
A soothsayer or priest in Ancient Rome (originally Etruscan) who practiced haruspicy, divination by inspecting entrails.
- If it be lawfull for Panæcius to maintaine his judgement about Aruspices, Dreames, Oracles and Prophecies[…]: Wherfore shall not a wise-man dare that in all things, which this man dareth in such as he hath learned of his Masters?
- All of this is nonsense, but so are all attempts to look at a few successes and a few failures and make fatuous generalizations based on coincidence. Etruscan and Roman haruspices did the same thing with the entrails of chickens.
The neighborhood
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for haruspex. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
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