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hărĭŏla, ae, v. hariolus.

* hărĭŏlātĭo (ar-), ōnis, f. [hariolor], a soothsaying, prophesying, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 31, 66 (Fragm. Trag. 42 Rib.).

hărĭŏlor (ar-), āri, v. dep. n. [hariolus], to foretell, prophesy, divine.

  1. I. Lit.: Προθεσπίζω 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.
  2. 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.

hărĭŏlus (ar-), i, m., and harĭŏla, ae, f. [Sanscr. hira, entrails; Gr. χορδή, χολάδες; cf. haruspex], a soothsayer, prophet, prophetess (= augur, auspex, haruspex, extispex).

        1. (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. 4, 4, 27; Cic. Div. 1, 2, 4; Phaedr. 3, 3, 6 et saep.
        2. (β) Fem., Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 99; id. Rud. 4, 4, 95 sq.