vāticinor
Meaning
- deponentto prophesy, foretell
- deponentfigurativelyto sing, celebrate (as a poet)
- deponentfigurativelyto rave, rant, spout foolishness
Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers
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Hariolari · Vaticinari
Hariolari (from χρᾶν) means to foretell, with the accessory notion of charlatanism, like χρησμολογεῖν; whereas vaticinari (from vates, ἠχέτης,) to foretell, with the accessory notion of inspiration, like μαντεύεσθαι. In Cic. Divin. i. 2, Hariolorum et vatum furibundæ prædictiones, it is only the harioli, who from their position and in public estimation already pass for charlatans; whereas the vates are charlatans only, as Cicero himself views them from his philosophical elevation. (iii. 76.)
Divinare · Præsagire · Præsentire · Prævidere · Vaticinari · Prædicere
1. Divinare denotes foreseeing by divine inspiration and supernatural aid, like μαντεύεσθαι; præsagire (præ and ἡγεῖσθαι), in a natural way, by means of a peculiar organization of mind bordering on the supernatural; præsentire and prævidere, by an unusual measure of natural talent; præsentire, by immediate presentiment; prævidere, by foresight, by an acute and happy combination. 2. Divinare, etc., are merely acts of perception, whereas vaticinatio and prædictio, the open expression of what is foreseen; vaticinatio, that of the divinans and præsagiens, like προφητεία, prophecy; but prædictio, that of the præsentiens and prævidens, prediction. (vi. 105.)
Conjugation conjugation 1 deponent
| form | present | imperfect | future | perfect | pluperfect | fut. perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | vāticinor | vāticinābar | vāticinābor | — | — | — |
| 2nd sg. | vāticināris vāticināre | vāticinābāris vāticinābāre | vāticināberis vāticinābere | — | — | — |
| 3rd sg. | vāticinātur | vāticinābātur | vāticinābitur | — | — | — |
| 1st pl. | vāticināmur | vāticinābāmur | vāticinābimur | — | — | — |
| 2nd pl. | vāticināminī | vāticinābāminī | vāticinābiminī | — | — | — |
| 3rd pl. | vāticinantur | vāticinābantur | vāticinābuntur | — | — | — |
active subjunctive
| form | present | imperfect | perfect | pluperfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | vāticiner | vāticinārer | — | — |
| 2nd sg. | vāticinēris vāticinēre | vāticinārēris vāticinārēre | — | — |
| 3rd sg. | vāticinētur | vāticinārētur | — | — |
| 1st pl. | vāticinēmur | vāticinārēmur | — | — |
| 2nd pl. | vāticinēminī | vāticinārēminī | — | — |
| 3rd pl. | vāticinentur | vāticinārentur | — | — |
imperative
| form | active | passive |
|---|---|---|
| pres. 2nd sg. | vāticināre | — |
| pres. 2nd pl. | vāticināminī | — |
| fut. 2nd sg. | vāticinātor | — |
| fut. 3rd sg. | vāticinātor | — |
| fut. 3rd pl. | vāticinantor | — |
infinitives & participles
| form | active | passive |
|---|---|---|
| present infinitive | vāticinārī | — |
| perfect infinitive | vāticinātum esse | — |
| future infinitive | vāticinātūrum esse | — |
| present participle | vāticināns | — |
| perfect participle | vāticinātus vāticināta, vāticinātā, vāticinātae, vāticinātam, vāticinātārum, vāticinātās, vāticināte, vāticinātī, vāticinātīs, vāticinātō, vāticinātōrum, vāticinātōs | — |
| future participle | vāticinātūrus vāticinātūra, vāticinātūrā, vāticinātūrae, vāticinātūram, vāticinātūrārum, vāticinātūrās, vāticinātūre, vāticinātūrī, vāticinātūrīs, vāticinātūrō, vāticinātūrōrum, vāticinātūrōs, vāticinātūrum | vāticinandus vāticinanda, vāticinandā, vāticinandae, vāticinandam, vāticinandārum, vāticinandās, vāticinande, vāticinandīs, vāticinandōrum, vāticinandōs |
furor vera vaticinatur, Cic. Div. 1, 31, 67: quod et somniantibus saepe contingit et vaticinantibus per furorem, id. ib. 1, 18, 34: haec duce praedico vaticinorque deo, Ov. P. 3, 4, 94; cf. Liv. 2, 41, 5; 5, 15, 4; Quint. 4, 2, 3; Ov. H. 16, 278; id. Ib. 268 al.—With object-clause: saevam laesi fore numinis iram Vaticinatus erat, Ov. M. 4, 9; 8, 773.—Poet.: parcite, vaticinor, cognatas caede nefandā Exturbare animas, i.e. I warn you as a prophet, Ov. M. 15, 174; cf.: venturi praescia Manto Per medias fuerat ... Vaticinata vias, id. ib. 6, 159: vaticinor moneoque, id. P. 1, 1, 47.—Agrigentinum quidem doctum quendam virum carminibus Graecis vaticinatum ferunt, quae in rerum naturā totoque mundo constarent quaeque moverentur, ea contrahere amicitiam, dissipare discordiam, Cic. Lael. 7, 24: Ps. Parricida ... Sacrilege ... Perjure. Ba. Vetera vaticinamini, you're singing the old song, Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 129.— vaticinari atque insanire, Cic. Sest. 10, 23: sed ego fortasse vaticinor, et haec omnia meliores habebunt exitus, id. Fam. 2, 16, 6.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
Origins
From vātēs (“seer, soothsayer, prophet”) and canō (“to sing; to recite; to foretell, predict, prophesy”). The change from -a- to -i- follows the common pattern of Latin vowel reduction in non-initial syllables. As canō is a third-conjugation verb, the derivation of first-conjugation vāticinor may involve more steps than simple compounding of the base noun and verb; many first-conjugation verbs are denominative (derived from nouns or adjectives), and it has been hypothesized that an intermediate step in the derivation of vāticinor was a compound noun *vāti-cinium. It is also hypothesized that this verb was the original basis from which the ending -cinor was extended by analogy to be used as a suffix to form other verbs, such as ratiōcinor and sermōcinor.
- Frenchvaticiner
- Englishvaticinate
- Italianvaticinare
- Spanishvaticinar
- Portuguesevaticinar
In English words that came into English from vāticinor
- vaticinatevāticinātus