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Italian
Etymology
From Classical Latin hariolus, derived from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰer- (“bowels, intestines”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /a.riˈɔ.lo/
- Rhymes: -ɔlo
- Hyphenation: a‧riò‧lo
- IPA(key): (Latinate) /aˈri.o.lo/
- Rhymes: -iolo
- Hyphenation: a‧rì‧o‧lo
Noun
ariolo m (plural arioli)
- (obsolete) fortuneteller
- Synonyms: (common) chiaroveggente, (common) indovino, (uncommon) negromante, (common) veggente
1531, Niccolò Machiavelli, chapter 12, Libro primo [First book], in Discorsi sopra la prima Deca di Tito Livio [Considerations on Titus Livius' first Decade], Milan: Niccolò Bettoni, published 1824:La vita della Religione Gentile era fondata sopra i responsi degli oracoli, e sopra la Setta degli Arioli e degli Aruspici; tutte le altre loro cerimonie, sacrifizj, riti, dipendevano da questi.- [La vita della religione gentile era fondata sopra i responsi degli oracoli, e sopra la setta degli arioli e degli aruspici; tutte le altre loro cerimonie, sacrifizî, riti, dipendevano da questi.]
- The life of the gentile religion was founded upon the verdicts of oracles, and the sect of fortunetellers and haruspices: all of their other ceremonies, sacrifices, rituals depended on those.
References
- ariolo in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Latin
Noun
ariolō
- dative/ablative singular of ariolus