haruspicium
Latin
Etymology
haruspex (“diviner of entrails”) + -ium (forming abstract nouns)
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ha.rʊsˈpɪ.ki.ũː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [a.rusˈpiː.t͡ʃi.um]
Noun
haruspicium n (genitive haruspiciī or haruspicī); second declension
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).
| 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).
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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.