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