oraculum

Latin

Alternative forms

• ōrāclum

Etymology

From ōrō (“plead, beg; pray, entreat”) +‎ -culum.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /oːˈraː.ku.lum/, [oːˈɾaː.kʊ.ɫ̪ʊ̃ˑ]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /oˈra.ku.lum/, [ɔˈraː.ku.lum]

Noun

ōrāculum n (genitive ōrāculī); second declension

1. A divine announcement, oracle.
2. A prophetic declaration; prophecy.
3. A place where oracular responses were given; oracle.
4. An oracular saying, maxim.
5. An imperial rescript.

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	ōrāculum	ōrācula
Genitive	ōrāculī	ōrāculōrum
Dative	ōrāculō	ōrāculīs
Accusative	ōrāculum	ōrācula
Ablative	ōrāculō	ōrāculīs
Vocative	ōrāculum	ōrācula

Derived terms

• ōrāculārius

Related terms

Related terms

• ōrābilis
• ōrātiō
• ōrātiuncula
• ōrātor

• ōrātōriē
• ōrātōrius
• ōrātrīx

• ōrātum
• ōrātus
• ōrō

Descendants

• Afrikaans: orakel
• Basque: orakulu
• Bulgarian: оракул (orakul)
• Catalan: oracle
• Czech: orákulum
• Danish: orakel
• Dutch: orakel
• English: oracle

• Esperanto: orakolo
• Estonian: oraakel
• Finnish: oraakkeli
• French: oracle
• German: Orakel
• Hungarian: orákulum
• Ido: oraklo
• Interlingua: oraculo

• Italian: oracolo
• Latvian: orākuls
• Lithuanian: orakulas
• Luxembourgish: Orakel
• Macedonian: оракул (orakul)
• Norwegian: orakel
• Portuguese: oráculo (borrowing), orago
• Romanian: oracol

• Russian: оракул (orakul)
• Serbo-Croatian: оракул
• Slovak: orákulum
• Slovene: orakelj
• Spanish: oráculo
• Swedish: orakel
• Turkish: orakl, orakul, ırkıl, kâhin
• Ukrainian: оракул (orakul)

References

• oraculum in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• oraculum in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• oraculum in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• oraculum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to consult an oracle: oraculum consulere
    
  • to ask for an oracular response: oraculum petere (ab aliquo)
    
  • to give an oracular response: oraculum dare, edere
    
  • an oracle given by the Delphian Apollo (Apollo Pythius): oraculum Pythium (Pythicum)
    
• oraculum in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin