hariolus

Latin

Alternative forms

• ariolus
• hariola (feminine)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [haˈri.ɔ.ɫʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [aˈriː.o.lus]

Noun

hariolus m (genitive hariolī); second declension

1. a fortune teller

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.
• De Vaan, Michiel (2008), Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 280