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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. 4, 4, 27; Cic. Div. 1, 2, 4; Phaedr. 3, 3, 6 et saep.—
(β). Fem., Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 99; id. Rud. 4, 4, 95 sq.
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.

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