Polypoetes haruspex was created in 1885.
Julius Caesar went to see a fortune teller who said "Beware the Ides of March." Also, the night before the murder, Julius's wife had a nightmare of his murder in the Senate office the next day and begged him not to go.
To augur is to predict the future or presage. Augurs (priests) in ancient Rome predicted the outcome of various undertakings by studying the flight of birds. This was separate from the haruspex, the study of the entrails of sacrificed animals.(*not to be confused with auger, a drilling or transporting screw.)
# Someone who sees something occur: eyewitness, viewer, witness. See see/not see. # A person who foretells future events by or as if by supernatural means: augur, auspex, diviner, foreteller, haruspex, prophesier, prophet, prophetess, sibyl, soothsayer, vaticinator. For the source and more detailed information concerning this subject, click on the related links section (Answers.com) indicated below this answer box.
According to SOWPODS (the combination of Scrabble dictionaries used around the world) there are 1 words with the pattern HA----EX. That is, eight letter words with 1st letter H and 2nd letter A and 7th letter E and 8th letter X. In alphabetical order, they are: haruspex
According to SOWPODS (the combination of Scrabble dictionaries used around the world) there are 1 words with the pattern -ARUS---. That is, eight letter words with 2nd letter A and 3rd letter R and 4th letter U and 5th letter S. In alphabetical order, they are: haruspex
According to SOWPODS (the combination of Scrabble dictionaries used around the world) there are 9 words with the pattern HA-U----. That is, eight letter words with 1st letter H and 2nd letter A and 4th letter U. In alphabetical order, they are: halutzim hamulate hamulose hamulous hanukiah hanumans haqueton harumphs haruspex
According to SOWPODS (the combination of Scrabble dictionaries used around the world) there are 1 words with the pattern --RUSP--. That is, eight letter words with 3rd letter R and 4th letter U and 5th letter S and 6th letter P. In alphabetical order, they are: haruspex
According to SOWPODS (the combination of Scrabble dictionaries used around the world) there are 1 words with the pattern H--U-P-X. That is, eight letter words with 1st letter H and 4th letter U and 6th letter P and 8th letter X. In alphabetical order, they are: haruspex
According to SOWPODS (the combination of Scrabble dictionaries used around the world) there are 1 words with the pattern H--US--X. That is, eight letter words with 1st letter H and 4th letter U and 5th letter S and 8th letter X. In alphabetical order, they are: haruspex
According to SOWPODS (the combination of Scrabble dictionaries used around the world) there are 2 words with the pattern H-R--P-X. That is, eight letter words with 1st letter H and 3rd letter R and 6th letter P and 8th letter X. In alphabetical order, they are: haruspex horsepox
According to SOWPODS (the combination of Scrabble dictionaries used around the world) there are 2 words with the pattern HARU-P--. That is, eight letter words with 1st letter H and 2nd letter A and 3rd letter R and 4th letter U and 6th letter P. In alphabetical order, they are: harumphs haruspex