aruspicina

Italian

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /a.ru.spiˈt͡ʃi.na/
  • Rhymes: -ina
  • Hyphenation: a‧ru‧spi‧cì‧na

Etymology 1

Learned borrowing from Classical Latin haruspicīna, an ellipsis of ars haruspicīna (“art of the haruspex”) or disciplīna haruspicīna (“discipline of the haruspex”).

Noun

aruspicina f (plural aruspicine)

  1. haruspicy (divination by entrails)

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

aruspicina f sg

  1. feminine singular of aruspicino

References
  • aruspicina in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
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