• DIVINE

1. v. divinare (absolutely, Cic., Divin., 1, 3: aliquid, futura, etc.; also divinare de aliqua re; e.g., de exitu, Nep.): praesagire (= “futura ante sentire,” Cic.; aliquid animo): praesentire (have a presentiment of; futura, Cic., aliquid animo, Caes.; dolos, Verg.): praecipere (to anticipate by a happy conjecture; e.g., the enemy’s plans, consilia hostium, Cic.): cogitatione praecipere (e.g., futura, Cic.); opinione praecipere (Caes.): conjicere: conjectare: conjectural assequi or consequi (to arrive at anything by conjectures): To divine anybody’s meaning, etc., ad sensum opinionemque alicujus penetrare (Cic., Partit., 36, 123): that is not easy to ditermine, horum difficilis est conjectura.

2. adj., divinus (PROP. and IMPROP.): coelestis (heavenly). ☞ If divine is used hyperbolically of a profane object, use the superlative of the words in FINE or BEAUTIFUL; e.g., venustissimus, etc., or by eximius, etc. [Vid: INCOMPARABLE]. Our mind is of divine origin, a Deo animos haustos et libatos habemus; ex divinitate animos haustos et acceptos habemus: divine inspiration, *afflatus or instinctus divinus: by divine inspiration, divinitus (adverb, Cic., Att., 1, 16); *numine or spiritu divino afflatus or instinctus: divine service, deorum (with us, Dei) cultus: to attend divine service, sacris adesse: a divine sentence, divinitus dictum. Vid: HEAVENLY.

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• s. A theologian, *theologus (θεολόγος; general term): *litterarum sanctarum studiosus (one who studies theology); also rerum divinarum or sacrarum interpres.
• A clergyman, sacerdos (general term, for priest): clericus: ecclesiasticus: sacrorum antistes (belonging to the clergy; Eccl.): divines, clerus: clerici: ecclesiastici (Eccl.).