haruspex
noun/həˈrʌspeks/
/həˈrʌspeks/
(plural haruspices
/həˈrʌspɪsiːz/
/həˈrʌspɪsiːz/
)- a religious official in ancient Rome who predicted the future or interpreted the meaning of events by examining the insides of birds or animals that had been sacrificed
古罗马的一位宗教官员，他通过检查被牺牲的鸟类或动物的内部来预测未来或解释事件的含义。 Word OriginLatin, from an unrecorded element meaning ‘entrails’ (related to Sanskrit hirā ‘artery’) + -spex (from specere ‘look at’).