The chief of the haruspices stamped his foot, and Gagabu asked: "What do you mean to do?
At a second, in the temple of Hatasu, they were surprised by Septah, the chief of the haruspices of the House of Seti.
On inquiry, the Haruspices declared that the occurrence was an omen indicating that the child would become famous and distinguished above his fellows.
They were grave and decorous in their devotions, and seemed anxious to learn from their augurs and haruspices the will of the gods; and their funeral ceremonies were held with great pomp and ceremony.
There were augurs and haruspices to discover the will of the gods, according to entrails and the flight of birds.
Tuscan haruspices accompanied the Roman armies everywhere, and determined by their skill whether a battle should be fought or a retreat ordered.
The augurs and haruspices were summoned to immediate duty; and everything was done to ascertain the will of the gods and to do their bidding.
He refers more than once to the famous remark of Cato, who said that he could not explain why the haruspices did not laugh in each other's faces when they began to sacrifice.
The haruspices were again on the spot and gave the same report; and then, solutis religione animis, the centuries sanctioned the war.
Haruspices from Etruria had been adroitly procured, and no doubt primed, who reported that the gods had accepted this prayer, and that the examination of the victims portended extension of the Roman frontier, victory, and triumph.
In this case the Sibylline books were not consulted, but Etruscan haruspices were called in, who simply ordered a supplicatio of the new kind, at the pulvinaria.
Haruspices and priests and those accustomed to serve this rite we forbid to enter any private house, or under the pretence of friendship to cross the threshold of another, under the penalty established against them if they contemn the law.
For Caius does not say that the haruspices said any thing of what would happen if neither snake was let go.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "haruspices" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
