ariolo

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)

  1. (obsolete) fortuneteller
    Synonyms: (common) chiaroveggente, (common) indovino, (uncommon) negromante, (common) veggente
    • 1531, Niccolò Machiavelli, “Libro primo, Capitolo 12 [First book, Chapter 12]”, 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.
      The life of the gentile religion was founded upon the verdicts of oracles, and [upon] the sect of fortunetellers and haruspices: all of their other ceremonies, sacrifices, [and] rituals depended on those.

References
  • ariolo in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Latin

Noun

ariolō

  1. dative/ablative singular of ariolus
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