English → Latin
“prophesy” in Latin
vāticinorto prophesy, foretell; to sing, celebrate (as a poet); to rave, rant, spout foolishnesscanōto sing, recite, play; to sound, play, blow (a trumpet), especially a military call; to foretell, predict, prophesyaugurōto predict, foretell, forebode; to conjecture, guess, surmise; to perform the services of an augur, interpret omens, augconiciōto throw or bring together, unite, connect; to throw, drive, force, hurl something; to dispatch, assign, make gomēnsmind; intellect, reason; reasoning, judgementpraedicōto proclaim, declare publicly; to announce, make known; to praise, commend, extol
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
prophesy
Transitively, vaticinari (general term): canere (to prophesy in verse or rhythm): augurari (to foretell by the flight of birds, etc.; then generally). To prophesy (= anticipate) anything, aliquid augurari; aliquid opinione, or conjectura (Cic.), or mente (Curt.) augurari: to prophesy anybody’s fate, praedicere, quid alicui eventurum sit; his death, alicui mortem augurari.
Intransitively, futura praedicere: praenunciare: vaticinari (to prophesy; be a vates).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for prophesy?
- The usual Latin words for “prophesy” are vāticinor, canō, augurō; also coniciō, mēns, praedicō. 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.