soothsayer Copy link Outline 1. augur, ŭris2. auspex, ĭcis3. hăruspex, ĭcis, (who foretold the future from the inspection of the entrails of victims, whence the term also of exstipex, Cic. Div. 2, 11, 26). A feminine form, hăruspĭca, occurs, Pl. Mil. 1, 3, 98 (hariolae atque haruspicae).4. hăriŏlus (often joined with haruspex, and = prophet, seer)5. sortĭlĕgus6. mĕtōposcŏpus or -os, i (one who told fortunes by examining the forehead, a physiognomist) • soothsayer: 1. augur, ŭris: v. augur. 2. auspex, ĭcis: Hor. Od. 3, 27, 8: Cic. Att. 2, 7, 2. (For augur and auspex, v. Dict. Ant. p. 174: the augur or auspex predicted future events from the flight, singing, or feeding of birds.) 3. hăruspex, ĭcis, (who foretold the future from the inspection of the entrails of victims, whence the term also of exstipex, Cic. Div. 2, 11, 26). A feminine form, hăruspĭca, occurs, Pl. Mil. 1, 3, 98 (hariolae atque haruspicae). 4. hăriŏlus (often joined with haruspex, and = prophet, seer): Cic. N. D. 1, 20, 55: Plaut.: Ter. Also a fem. hăriŏla, freq. in Plaut.: see also fortune-teller. 5. sortĭlĕgus: v. fortune-teller. 6. mĕtōposcŏpus or -os, i (one who told fortunes by examining the forehead, a physiognomist): Suet. Tit. 2: Plin. 35, 10, 36, § 88. Other words less precise are: conjector, conjectrix, dīvīnus, sāga (v. fortune-teller): vātes, vātĭcĭnātor, etc. (v. prophet, prophetess). To act as a s.: (i.) augŭror, 1: Cic. Div. 1, 33, 72: Tac.: v. to augur, predict. (ii.) auspĭcor, 1: Cic. N. D. 2, 4, 11: Liv. 27., 16, fin. (iii.) hăriŏlor, 1 (in a contemptuous sense): Cic. Att. 8, 11, 3.