What is another word for haruspex?
Pronunciation: [hˈɑːɹəspˌɛks] (IPA) 
Haruspex is a Latin term that refers to a diviner who read the entrails of sacrificed animals to predict events and divine the future. Synonyms for this arcane occupation include augur, auspex, divinator, soothsayer, and prophet. Although different cultures had their version of this practice, the term haruspex is traditionally associated with ancient Rome. Haruspicy or hepatoscopy, as the practice was known, was frowned upon by some, but many people believed that the haruspices could provide valuable insight into the will of the gods and possible disasters or triumphs that lay ahead. Today, the use of entrails to foretell the future has long been abandoned, but the word haruspex continues to be used as a synonym for fortune teller or mystic.
