oraculum
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Latin[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From ōrō (“plead, beg; pray, entreat”) + -culum.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /oːˈraː.ku.lum/, [oːˈɾaː.kʊ.ɫ̪ʊ̃ˑ]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /oˈra.ku.lum/, [ɔˈraː.ku.lum]
Noun[edit]
ōrāculum n (genitive ōrāculī); second declension
- A divine announcement, oracle.
- A prophetic declaration; prophecy.
- A place where oracular responses were given; oracle.
- An oracular saying, maxim.
- An imperial rescript.
Declension[edit]
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[edit]
Related terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
- 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
References[edit]
- 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)
- to consult an oracle: oraculum consulere
- oraculum in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
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