aruspicale

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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)

  1. (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

  1. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter singular of aruspicālis