English → Latin
“diviner” in Latin
vātēsseer, soothsayer, diviner, prophet, prophetess; poet, poetess, bard; oracledīvīnusdivine, of a deity, superhuman, supernaturalfātidicuspropheticsortilegusthat predicts the future; (relational) fortune-telling, soothsayingauguraugur (priest, diviner, or soothsayer, one who foretold the future in part by interpreting the song and flight of birds)haruspexdiviner who reads from the intestines of sacrificial animals; one who practices haruspicyhariolusa fortune teller
The English word diviner itself goes back to Latin dīvīnus, through dīvīnātor.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
diviner
vates (inspired by a god; vaticinator only Pont., 1, 1, 42): divinus (one who has naturally the gift of prediction, which, however, he may also cultivate by art): fatidicus (he who foretells the fate of men): sortilegus (by the medium of lots): augur (a public augur, who discloses the future by observing the flight of birds, or interprets the will of the gods from other phenomena): haruspex (who interprets the will of the gods by inspecting the bowels, etc., of the animals at a sacrifice; extispex with particular reference to divinations from the entrails only): hariolus (a vagrant fortune-teller, like our gipsies): the tales of a diviner, effata vatum.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for diviner?
- The usual Latin words for “diviner” are vātēs, dīvīnus, fātidicus; also sortilegus, augur, haruspex. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.