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hariolor

to foretell

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Where it lives

Adelphi 1 · 1.01/10k
Rudens 1 · 0.84/10k
Miles Gloriosus 1 · 0.79/10k
De Divinatione 1 · 0.36/10k
Metamorphoses 1 · 0.19/10k
Letters to Atticus 1 · 0.08/10k

What it meant

hărĭŏlor — Lewis & Short

hărĭŏlor (ar-), āri,

I v. dep. n. [hariolus], to foretell, prophesy, divine.

I Lit.: *proqespi/zw igitur, non hariolans, ut illa (Cassandra) cui nemo credidit, sed conjectura prospiciens, Cic. Att. 8, 11, 3: quaestus causa hariolari, id. Div. 1, 58, 132.—Comically: mirabar, quod dudum scapulae gestibant mihi, Hariolari quae occeperunt sibi esse in mundo malum, Plaut. As. 2, 2, 50.—

II Transf., in a bad sense (like vaticinor), to speak foolishly, to talk silly stuff, nonsense (ante-class.), Plaut. Cist. 4, 2, 80; id. As. 3, 2, 33; 5, 2, 74; id. Rud. 2, 3, 17; Ter. Phorm. 3, 2, 7; cf. Plaut. Rud. 4, 4, 97: age jam cupio, si modo argentum reddat. Sed ego hoc hariolor, am dreaming, Ter. Ad. 2, 1, 48.

In the wild

hariolor Terence, Adelphi 2.1
Hariolatur Plautus, Miles Gloriosus 4.6
ariolabar Apuleius, Metamorphoses 2.7
hariolabitur Plautus, Rudens 4.4
hariolans Cicero, Letters to Atticus 8.11.3
hariolentur Cicero, De Divinatione 1.132

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