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arúspice

Spanish, noun/aˈɾuspiθe/

arúspice is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “haruspex (one who practices divination by inspecting entrails)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

What does arúspice mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    femininemasculineharuspex (one who practices divination by inspecting entrails)

Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Spanish dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Entre los romanos o etruscos antiguos, sacerdote adivino que obtenía presagios examinando las entrañas de animales sacrificados.

The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.

Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

Forms of arúspice

  • arúspices plural
  • aurúspice alternative

Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce arúspice?

  • /aˈɾuspiθe/
  • [aˈɾus.pi.θe]
  • /aˈɾuspise/

Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to arúspice

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is arúspice in Spanish?

arúspice appears about once in every 59 million words in written Spanish.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).