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Latin
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
Noun
hariolus m (genitive hariolī); second declension
- A fortuneteller.
Declension
Second-declension noun.
Descendants
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.