prophet Copy link Outline 1. vātes, is, c. (inspired, seer or bard)2. vātĭcĭnātor (rare)3. fātĭdĭcus4. dīvīnus (fortune-teller)5. esp. in Scriptural sense • prophet: 1. vātes, is, c. (inspired, seer or bard): Cic. Div. 1, 50, 114, poet.: may I prove a false p., utinam falsus v. sim, Liv. 21, 10, med.: Nep.: Lucr.: Virg. (Cic. in place referred to, uses vaticinantes as the prose equivalent of vates, pl.) 2. vātĭcĭnātor (rare): Ov. Pont. 1, 1, 42. 3. fātĭdĭcus: Varr. L. L. 6, 7, 65: Vet. Lex in Cic. Leg. 2, 8, 20. In same sense, fatiloquus: Apul. 4. dīvīnus (fortune-teller): Cic. Fat. 8, init. 5. esp. in Scriptural sense: prŏphēta (one speaking on behalf of God, not necessarily predicting anything): Macr. Sat. 7, 13, med. (sacerdotes [Aegyptiorum] quos prophetas vocant): Vulg. pass.