Ha-rŭs'/pĭce, n.

(ha-rŭs'/pĭs), n. [Lat. haruspex, harus-picis, probably from haruga, harviga, arviga, harvĭx, arvĭx, a ram for offering, and spĭcere, specere, to look, view.] A person in ancient Rome who professed to explain and interpret the will of the gods by inspecting the entrails of beasts sacrificed, or by observing extraordinary natural phenomena; a diviner; a soothsayer. See HARUSPEX.