sortilego

See also: sortílego

Italian

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin sortilegum (“soothsayer, fortuneteller”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sorˈti.le.ɡo/, [s̪or̺ˈt̪͡iːl̺eɡo]
• Hyphenation: sor‧tì‧le‧go

Noun

sortilego m (plural sortileghi) (alternative plural sortilegi)

1. (historical, Ancient Rome) A soothsayer who practices divination.
2. (by extension, obsolete) A person who predicts the future; soothsayer, fortuneteller

Synonyms

• chiaroveggente
• divinatore
• indovino
• vaticinatore

Related terms

• sortilegio

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Latin

Noun

(deprecated template usage) sortilegō

1. dative singular of sortilegum
2. ablative singular of sortilegum