prophecy Copy link Outline I. A prediction1. praedictio, praedictum2. vātĭcĭnātio3. carmen, ĭnis, n. (infreq. in proseII. The prophetic power • prophecy: I. A prediction: 1. praedictio, praedictum: v. prediction. 2. vātĭcĭnātio: the Sibylline p.s, Sibyllinae v., Cic. N. D. 2, 3, fin.: Caes. B. G. 1, 50. Less good, vātĭcĭnium: Plin.: Gell. 3. carmen, ĭnis, n. (infreq. in prose: the reference being to the poetic form in which prophecies were spoken): Liv. 1, 45, ad fin. (id carmen pervenerat ad antistitem fani Dianae). Or expr. by verb: v. to prophesy. II. The prophetic power: Phr.: the king received the gift of p., *regi animus divinus futurorumque sagax injectus est. (Prophetīa, Vulg. Rom. xii. 6.)