The corpus record — Latin

hariola

female soothsayer

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Where it lives

Rudens 2 · 1.69/10k
Miles Gloriosus 1 · 0.79/10k

What it meant

1. hariola — de Vaan

hariola 'female soothsayer' (PL), (h)arioIan cto prophesy' (PL+), hariolatio 'prophecy' (Enn.+). Pit. *xaruspek- 'diviner', *χαήο-. It. cognates: FaL harasp[ex] , harisp[ex] [noiasg.] 'haruspex'. PIE *ghrH-u- 'intestines'. IE cognates: Skt. hira- 'vein', Lith. zarna 'intestine, hose', OIc. ggrn 'intestines* < *ghorH-nh2-, There is vacillation between haruspex and (h)arispex9 but -u- is earlier and better attested; … — [de Vaan, s.v. hariola, p. 294]

2. hărĭŏla — Lewis & Short

hărĭŏla, ae, v. hariolus.

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Where it came from

de Vaan, Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Brill 2008) Treated in de Vaan, Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Brill 2008) s.v. hariola (scan p. 294; entry #747). Root candidates: *xaruspek-.

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