Meanings
- Of or relating to a haruspex or to haruspicy.
[...] the haruspicine art.
1899, The Moral Order of the World in Ancient and Modern Thought, page 1513 more examples
[...] the haruspicine method of divination practised in Greece as early as the Persian wars, though in general it may have been regarded as a foreign rite.
1883, A History of Greek Sculpture, page 233The haruspicine discipline always was [...]
1995, Studies in the Romanization of Italy, page 107[...] the haruspicine science.
2016, Animals in Greek and Roman Religion and Myth, page 5
Origin
- Latinharuspex
- Latinharuspicīnu
- Englishharuspicine
Learned borrowing from Latin haruspicīnus, from haruspex (“diviner of entrails”) + -īnus.
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French haruspicin
- haruspicinTranslations
Italian aruspicino
- aruspicinoTranslations
Cite this entry
haruspicine. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/haruspicine
“haruspicine.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/haruspicine. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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