extispicium

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Noun

extispicium n (genitive extispiciī or extispicī); second declension

  1. extispicy; divination through the examination of entrails.

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

singular plural
nominative extispicium extispicia
genitive extispiciī
extispicī1 		extispiciōrum
dative extispiciō extispiciīs
accusative extispicium extispicia
ablative extispiciō extispiciīs
vocative extispicium extispicia

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

Descendants

  • → English: extispicy
  • → Italian: extispicio, estispicio

References

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