English → Latin
“prophet” in Latin
vātēsseer, soothsayer, diviner, prophet, prophetess; poet, poetess, bard; oraclefātidicuspropheticfātiloquuspropheticpseudoprophētaa false prophet
The English word prophet itself goes back to Latin prophēta.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
prophet
vates; fatidicus, fatiloquus (Liv., ; propheta, Appul., Lact.): a false prophet, pseudopropheta (Tert.). He was a true prophet, non falsus vates fuit; ab eo praedictum est, fore eos eventus rerum, qui acciderunt.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for prophet?
- The usual Latin words for “prophet” are vātēs, fātidicus, fātiloquus; also pseudoprophēta. 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.