(definition) by Webster 1913 Tue Dec 21 1999 at 21:54:55

A*rus"pex (#), n.; pl. Aruspices (#). [L. aruspex or haruspex.]

One of the class of diviners among the Etruscans and Romans, who foretold events by the inspection of the entrails of victims offered on the altars of the gods.

 

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