arúspice

See also: aruspice

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin haruspicem.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈɾus.pi.si/

• (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)

1. 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): (Spain) /aˈɾuspiθe/ [aˈɾus.pi.θe]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /aˈɾuspise/ [aˈɾus.pi.se]
• Rhymes: -uspiθe
• Rhymes: -uspise
• Syllabification: a‧rús‧pi‧ce

Noun

arúspice m or f by sense (plural arúspices)

1. 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], 2024 December 10