haruspex

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In ancient times, there would have been some official haruspex charged with picking over the entrails of a sacrificial offering ahead of any important occasion.

From The Guardian • Jun. 22, 2010

Thy hallowed augurs can divine Whate'er dark song the birds of omen sing; Of augury thou art the king, And thy wise haruspex finds meaning fit For what the gods have in the victims writ.

From The Elegies of Tibullus Being the Consolations of a Roman Lover Done in English Verse by Williams, Theodore C.

Cato, the Censor, is on record as saying "that he wondered how one haruspex could look another in the face without laughing!"

From Wind and Weather by McAdie, Alexander

Manlius assisted in bringing the animals selected for victims to the haruspex.

From A Christian But a Roman by Jókai, Mór

Even Cato,91 the leader of the orthodox, national, and conservative party, expressed his surprise that a haruspex, when meeting a colleague, did not burst out laughing.

From Lectures on The Science of Language by Müller, Max