hauriant

English

Etymology

A coat of arms with two fish haurient addorsed.

From Latin hauriēns (“drawing (water, etc.); draining”), the present participle of hauriō (“to draw (water, etc.); to drain”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ews- (“to draw water”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈhɔːɹɪənt/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈhɔɹɪənt/
• Hyphenation: hau‧ri‧ent

Adjective

hauriant (not comparable)

1. (heraldry) Of a fish, etc.: in a vertical orientation, with its head up (to chief) and tail down (to base).

   Antonym: urinant

   three salmon hauriant

Alternative forms

• haurient

Coordinate terms

• naiant
• urinant

Further reading

• attitude (heraldry) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Latin

Verb

hauriant

1. third-person plural present active subjunctive of hauriō