haruspex
suomi-englanti sanakirjaharuspex englanniksi
A soothsayer or priest in Rome (originally Etruscan) who practiced haruspicy, divination by inspecting entrails.
(RQ:Montaigne Florio Essayes): Wherfore shall not a wise-man dare that in all things, which this man dareth in such as he hath learned of his Masters?
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diviner who reads from the intestines of sacrificial animals; one who practices haruspicy.
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