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单词 extispex
释义 extispex Rom. Antiq.|ɛkˈstɪspɛks|
Pl. exˈtispices.
[L.; f. exta (see exta) + -spex f. specĕre to look at.]
One whose duty it was to inspect the entrails of sacrificial victims for the purpose of divination; a haruspex.
1727Bailey vol. II, Extispices, the same as aruspices.1751Chambers Cycl. s.v. Extispex, In Italy, the first extispices were the Hetrurians.1855Smedley Occult Sciences 332 The officers were extispices or aruspices.
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