hariolus

Latin

Alternative forms

• ariolus
• hariola (feminine)

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *hario-, from earlier *xario- (to differentiate it from a later form *hario if the shift */x/ > */h/ in the Italic languages already happened during late Proto-Italic), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰer-, the same root as haruspex and Ancient Greek χορδή (khordḗ) and English yarn.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) 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.

Case	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.