haruspex 的定义
plural ha·rus·pi·ces [huh-ruhs-puh-seez]. /həˈrʌs pəˌsiz/.
- one of a class of minor priests who practiced divination, especially from the entrails of animals killed in sacrifice.
haruspex 近义词
等同于 mind reader
等同于 prophet
等同于 clairvoyant
等同于 prophesier
等同于 sibyl
等同于 vaticinator
更多haruspex例句
- Cato, the Censor, is on record as saying "that he wondered how one haruspex could look another in the face without laughing!"
- "Hatred speaks in thee," said the haruspex, interrupting the indignant old man.
- Thereupon, Roman haruspex looked into the eyes of Roman haruspex, and they both laughed.
- The haruspex submitted, though deeply vexed, and asked whether the guilty boys were also to go unpunished.
- No Etruscan haruspex or Roman augur could wish for clearer omens: it reads like a page of Livy.