Illustrated Companion to the Latin Dictionary/Aretalogus

This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Rich, Anthony (1849). The illustrated companion to the Latin dictionary, and Greek lexicon. p. vi. OCLC 894670115. https://archive.org/details/illustratedcompa00rich. 

ARETAL'OGUS. A personage introduced at dinner time amongst the Romans to amuse the company, but in what character or by what means is not clearly ascertained, perhaps as a sort of court jester or buffoon. Juv. Sat. xv. 16. Ruperti ad l. Suet. Aug. 74. Casaub. ad l.