Haruspex (pl. harusʹpicēs)
. Persons who interpreted the will of the gods by inspecting the entrails of animals offered in sacrifice (old Latin, haruʹga, a victim; specio, I inspect). Cato said, “I wonder how one haruspex can keep from laughing when he sees another.”
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Entry taken from
Dictionary of Phrase and Fable,
edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.