"extispex" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: extispices [plural]
Etymology: From Latin extispex. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|la|extispex}} Latin extispex Head templates: {{en-noun|extispices}} extispex (plural extispices)
  1. (historical) Somebody who predicts the future using entrails Tags: historical Translations (one who predicts the future using entrails): haruspex [masculine] (Latin), extispex [masculine] (Latin)

Noun [Latin]

IPA: /ekˈstis.peks/ [Classical-Latin], [ɛkˈs̠t̪ɪs̠pɛks̠] [Classical-Latin], /ekˈstis.peks/ (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical), [ekˈst̪ispeks] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: exta (“entrails”) + *spex, the same element as auspex and haruspex. Etymology templates: {{af|la|exta|alt2=*spex|gloss1=entrails|gloss2=}} exta (“entrails”) + *spex Head templates: {{la-noun|extispex<3>|g=m}} extispex m (genitive extispicis); third declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|extispex<3>|gen_pl=extispicium/extispicum}} Forms: extispicis [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], extispex [nominative, singular], extispicēs [nominative, plural], extispicis [genitive, singular], extispicium [genitive, plural], extispicum [genitive, plural], extispicī [dative, singular], extispicibus [dative, plural], extispicem [accusative, singular], extispicēs [accusative, plural], extispice [ablative, singular], extispicibus [ablative, plural], extispex [singular, vocative], extispicēs [plural, vocative]
  1. a diviner who reads prophesies from the entrails of animals; a soothsayer Tags: declension-3, masculine Synonyms: hariolus, haruspex Derived forms: extispicium

Inflected forms

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