hariolus

Latin

Alternative forms

• ariolus
• hariola (feminine)

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *hario-, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰerH-, the same root as haruspex and Ancient Greek χορδή (khordḗ) and English yarn.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /haˈri.o.lus/, [häˈriɔɫ̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /aˈri.o.lus/, [äˈriːolus]

Noun

hariolus m (genitive hariolī); second declension

1. A fortuneteller.

Declension

Second-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	hariolus	hariolī
genitive	hariolī	hariolōrum
dative	hariolō	hariolīs
accusative	hariolum	hariolōs
ablative	hariolō	hariolīs
vocative	hariole	hariolī

Descendants

• Italian: ariolo
• Portuguese: haríolo, aríolo
• Spanish: hariolo, haríolo

References

• “hariolus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “hariolus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• hariolus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.