haruspicalis

Latin

Alternative forms

• aruspicālis

Etymology

haruspex (“diviner of entrails”) +‎ -ālis (“-al, of or pertaining to”, adjective-forming suffix)

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ha.rus.piˈkaː.lis/, [härʊs̠pɪˈkäːlʲɪs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /a.rus.piˈka.lis/, [äruspiˈkäːlis]

Adjective

haruspicālis (neuter haruspicāle); third-declension two-termination adjective

1. (Late Latin, rare) of or pertaining to a haruspex

   Synonym: (Classical Latin) haruspicīnus

   • c. 380 CE, Servius the Grammarian, “In Vergilii Aeneidos librum Ⅳ commentarius [Commentary on book 4 of Virgil's Aeneid]”, in In Vergilii Aeneidem commentarii [Commentaries on Virgil's Aeneid]‎^[1]:

     dicendo autem 'per aras', aruspicalem artem ostendit

     But, by saying per ārās, he means the art of the haruspex

Declension

Third-declension two-termination adjective.

	singular			plural
	masc./fem.	neuter		masc./fem.	neuter
nominative	haruspicālis	haruspicāle		haruspicālēs	haruspicālia
genitive	haruspicālis			haruspicālium
dative	haruspicālī			haruspicālibus
accusative	haruspicālem	haruspicāle		haruspicālēs haruspicālīs	haruspicālia
ablative	haruspicālī			haruspicālibus
vocative	haruspicālis	haruspicāle		haruspicālēs	haruspicālia

Related terms

• haruspex
• haruspicīna
• haruspicīnus
• haruspicium

Descendants

• → Italian: aruspicale (learned)

References

• “haruspicalis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• haruspicalis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.