hariolus

Latin edit

Alternative forms edit

ariolus
hariola (feminine)

Etymology edit

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 edit

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

Noun edit

hariolus m (genitive hariolī); second declension

A fortuneteller.

Declension edit

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 edit

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

References edit

“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.