arúspice
See also: aruspice
Portuguese
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin haruspicem.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /aˈɾus.pi.si/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /aˈɾuʃ.pi.si/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /aˈɾus.pi.se/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ɐˈɾuʃ.pi.sɨ/
Noun
arúspice m or f by sense (plural arúspices)
- haruspex (one who practices divination by inspecting entrails)
Further reading
- “arúspice”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin haruspicem.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /aˈɾuspiθe/ [aˈɾus.pi.θe] (Spain)
- IPA(key): /aˈɾuspise/ [aˈɾus.pi.se] (Latin America, Philippines)
- Rhymes: -uspiθe (Spain)
- Rhymes: -uspise (Latin America, Philippines)
- Syllabification: a‧rús‧pi‧ce
Noun
arúspice m or f by sense (plural arúspices)
- haruspex (one who practices divination by inspecting entrails)
Further reading
- “arúspice”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024