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Italian
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Late Latin haruspicālis, derived from Classical Latin haruspex (“diviner of entrails”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /a.ru.spiˈka.le/
- Rhymes: -ale
- Hyphenation: a‧ru‧spi‧cà‧le
Adjective
aruspicale (plural aruspicali)
- (historical, Ancient Rome, rare) of or pertaining to a haruspex
- Synonym: aruspicino
1824, Francesco Inghiramo, “Tavola ⅬⅩⅩⅠ”, in Monumenti etruschi o di etrusco nome, volume 2, number 2, Poligrafia Fiesolana, page 615:Ricorda egli che questa ninfa, giusta la mitologia degli Etruschi, lasciò scritti parecchi libri dell'arte aruspicale, da Fulgenzio Placiade citati, e rammentati da Servio e dallo Scoliaste di Stazio.- He reminds us that this nymph, Etruscan mythology as correct, left many written books on the art of the haruspex, mentioned by Planciades Fulgentius, and remembered by Servius, and Statius' scholiast.
References
- aruspicale in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
Latin
Adjective
aruspicāle
- nominative/accusative/vocative neuter singular of aruspicālis