sacer vates

English

Alternative forms

• sacervates

Etymology

From Latin sacer vātēs (“sacred poet”).

Noun

sacer vates (plural sacer vates)

1. A divine or sacred poet, or a poet regarded as such.
   • 1970, Michael Hamburger, Contraries: Studies in German Literature:

     To these attributes of the sacer vates we can add the religious radicalism that prevented both men from making a profession of their vocation.

Anagrams

• stavesacre

Latin

Etymology

From sacer (“holy, sacred”) + vātēs (“soothsayer, bard, poet”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈsa.ker ˈu̯aː.teːs/, [ˈs̠äkɛr ˈu̯äːt̪eːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈsa.t͡ʃer ˈva.tes/, [ˈsäːt͡ʃer ˈväːt̪es]

Noun

sacer vātēs m or f (genitive sacrī vātis); third declension

1. a sacred poet or soothsayer.
   • 16 B.C.E. — Ovid, Amores, Book III, section 9.

     Tene, sacer vates, flammae rapuere rogales
     pectoribus pasci nec timuere tuis?

Declension

Second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er) with a third-declension noun (i-stem).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	sacer vātēs	sacrī vātēs
Genitive	sacrī vātis	sacrōrum vātium
Dative	sacrō vātī	sacrīs vātibus
Accusative	sacrum vātem	sacrōs vātēs sacrōs vātīs
Ablative	sacrō vāte	sacrīs vātibus
Vocative	sacer vātēs	sacrī vātēs

Descendants

• English: sacer vates