vaticinor
Latin
Etymology
From vātēs (“soothsayer, prophet”) + cinor (“to sing”), this latter is a variant of canor, first-person singular present passive indicative of canō. Compare Latin ratiocinor and sermocinor.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /u̯aːˈti.ki.nor/, [u̯äːˈt̪ɪkɪnɔr]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /vaˈti.t͡ʃi.nor/, [väˈt̪iːt͡ʃinor]
Audio (Classical): (file)
Verb
vāticinor (present infinitive vāticinārī, perfect active vāticinātus sum); first conjugation, deponent
- I prophesy, foretell.
- (figuratively) I sing, celebrate (as a poet).
- (figuratively) I rave, rant, spout foolishness.
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Descendants
- French: vaticiner
- English: vaticinate
- Italian: vaticinare
- Spanish: vaticinar
- Portuguese: vaticinar
References
- “vaticinor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “vaticinor”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- vaticinor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.