extispicium
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Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]extispex (“diviner of entrails”) + -ium (forming abstract nouns)
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ek.stisˈpi.ki.um/, [ɛks̠t̪ɪs̠ˈpɪkiʊ̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ek.stisˈpi.t͡ʃi.um/, [ekst̪isˈpiːt͡ʃium]
Noun
[edit]extispicium n (genitive extispiciī or extispicī); second declension
- extispicy; divination through the examination of entrails.
Declension
[edit]Second-declension noun (neuter).
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | extispicium | extispicia |
| Genitive | extispiciī extispicī1 |
extispiciōrum |
| Dative | extispiciō | extispiciīs |
| Accusative | extispicium | extispicia |
| Ablative | extispiciō | extispiciīs |
| Vocative | extispicium | extispicia |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
Descendants
[edit]- → English: extispicy
- → Italian: extispicio, estispicio
References
[edit]- “extispicium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- extispicium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.