haruspicium

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Latin

Etymology

haruspex (“diviner of entrails”) +‎ -ium (forming abstract nouns)

Pronunciation

Noun

haruspicium n (genitive haruspiciī or haruspicī); second declension

  1. haruspicy

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative haruspicium haruspicia
Genitive haruspiciī
haruspicī1 		haruspiciōrum
Dative haruspiciō haruspiciīs
Accusative haruspicium haruspicia
Ablative haruspiciō haruspiciīs
Vocative haruspicium haruspicia

1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

Descendants

  • → English: haruspicy
  • → Italian: aruspicio (learned)

References

  • “haruspicium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “haruspicium”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • haruspicium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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