hariolus

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

hărĭŏlus (ar-), i, m., and harĭŏla, ae, f. [Sanscr. hira, entrails; Gr. χορδή, χολάδες; cf. haruspex],

I a soothsayer , prophet , prophetess (= augur, auspex, haruspex, extispex).

α Masc. : hariolos, haruspices Mitte omnes: quae futura et quae facta, eloquar, Plaut. Am. 5, 2, 2; cf.: ut haruspices, augures, harioli, vates et conjectores nobis essent colendi, Cic. N. D. 1, 20, 55; Plaut. Cas. 2, 6, 4; id. Men. prol. 76; id. Poen. 3, 5, 46; Ter. Phorm. 708; Cic. Div. 1, 2, 4; Phaedr. 3, 3, 6 et saep.—

β Fem. , Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 99; id. Rud. 4, 4, 95 sq.

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