Rom. Antiq. Pl. extispices. [L.; f. exta (see EXTA) + -spex f. specĕre to look at.] One whose duty it was to inspect the entrails of sacrificial victims for the purpose of divination; a haruspex.
1727. Bailey, vol. II., Extispices, the same as aruspices.
1751. Chambers, Cycl., s.v. Extispex, In Italy, the first extispices were the Hetrurians.
1855. Smedley, Occult Sciences, 332. The officers were extispices or aruspices.
