Illustrated Companion to the Latin Dictionary/Extispicium

This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Rich, Anthony (1849). The illustrated companion to the Latin dictionary, and Greek lexicon. p. vi. OCLC 894670115. https://archive.org/details/illustratedcompa00rich. 

EXTISPIC'IUM (ἡπατοσκοπία). An inspection of the entrails of animals for the purpose of predicting events from their appearance; as represented in the preceding engraving. Accius, ap. Non. p. 16. Suet. Nero, 56.