haruspicinus

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree

Latin haruspex

Proto-Indo-European *-nós

Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos

Proto-Italic *-īnos

Latin -īnus

Latin haruspicīnus

From haruspex (“diviner of entrails”) + -īnus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ha.rʊs.pɪˈkiː.nʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [a.rus.piˈt͡ʃiː.nus]

Adjective

haruspicīnus (feminine haruspicīna, neuter haruspicīnum); first/second-declension adjective

1. relating to divination, relating to the art of the haruspex

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	haruspicīnus	haruspicīna	haruspicīnum		haruspicīnī	haruspicīnae	haruspicīna
genitive	haruspicīnī	haruspicīnae	haruspicīnī		haruspicīnōrum	haruspicīnārum	haruspicīnōrum
dative	haruspicīnō	haruspicīnae	haruspicīnō		haruspicīnīs
accusative	haruspicīnum	haruspicīnam	haruspicīnum		haruspicīnōs	haruspicīnās	haruspicīna
ablative	haruspicīnō	haruspicīnā	haruspicīnō		haruspicīnīs
vocative	haruspicīne	haruspicīna	haruspicīnum		haruspicīnī	haruspicīnae	haruspicīna

Related terms

• haruspicīna

Descendants

• → Italian: aruspicino (learned)

References

• “haruspicinus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “haruspicinus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers