haruspicina

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Latin

Pronunciation

haruspicīna: (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ha.rus.piˈkiː.na/,
haruspicīna: (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /a.rus.piˈt͡ʃi.na/,
haruspicīnā: (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ha.rus.piˈkiː.naː/,
haruspicīnā: (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /a.rus.piˈt͡ʃi.na/,

Etymology 1

Ellipsis of ars haruspicīna (“art of the haruspex”) or disciplīna haruspicīna (“discipline of the haruspex”).

Noun

haruspicīna f (genitive haruspicīnae); first declension

the art of divination, the art of the haruspex

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	haruspicīna	haruspicīnae
genitive	haruspicīnae	haruspicīnārum
dative	haruspicīnae	haruspicīnīs
accusative	haruspicīnam	haruspicīnās
ablative	haruspicīnā	haruspicīnīs
vocative	haruspicīna	haruspicīnae

Descendants

→ Italian: aruspicina (learned)

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

haruspicīna

inflection of haruspicīnus:
1. nominative/vocative feminine singular
2. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural

Adjective

haruspicīnā

ablative feminine singular of haruspicīnus

References

“haruspicina”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“haruspicina”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers

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