hariolus

Latin

Alternative forms

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

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.
  • 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
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