LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective

fātidicus

fātidicus (feminine fātidica, neuter fātidicum)

Meaning

  1. adjectiveprophetic

Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers

futūra praedīcēns
fātidicus -a -um — in Epistulae, ch. 7

Declension

singular
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativefātidicusfātidicafātidicum
genitivefātidicīfātidicaefātidicī
dativefātidicōfātidicaefātidicō
accusativefātidicumfātidicamfātidicum
ablativefātidicōfātidicāfātidicō
vocativefātidicefātidicafātidicum
plural
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativefātidicīfātidicaefātidica
genitivefātidicōrumfātidicārumfātidicōrum
dativefātidicīsfātidicīsfātidicīs
accusativefātidicōsfātidicāsfātidica
ablativefātidicīsfātidicīsfātidicīs
vocativefātidicīfātidicaefātidica

fātĭdĭcus, a, um, adj. fatum-dico,
I. that predicts future events, prophesying, prophetic (class.): qui futura praedivinando soleant fari, fatidici dicti, Varr. L. L. 6, § 52 Müll.: vates, Verg. A. 8, 340; Ov. M. 3, 348: Themis, id. ib. 1, 321: anus, Cic. N. D. 1, 8, 18: deus, i. e. Apollo, Ov. F. 2, 262: puella, Suet. Galb. 9: augurium, Plin. 15, 29, 36, § 120: fulmina, id. 2, 43, 43, § 113: specus, id. 2, 93, 95, § 208: libri, i. e. the Sibylline, Suet. Aug. 31; cf. silvae, Val. Fl. 1, 304.—Subst.: fātĭdĭcus, i, m., a prophet, Cic. Leg. 2, 8, 20.

Origins

From fātum + -dicus.

Descendants
  • Catalanfatídic
  • Englishfatidic
  • Frenchfatidique
  • Italianfatidico
  • Portuguesefatídico
  • Spanishfatídico
  • Galicianfatídico

In English words that came into English from fātidicus

  • fatidicfātidicus
  • fatidicalfātidicus

Quick answers

What does fātidicus mean in Latin?
fātidicus, a adjective, means “prophetic”.