prophesy Copy link Outline 1. vātĭcĭnor, 12. căno, cĕcĭni, cantum, 3 (prophecies being usually in verse3. praedīco, 3 (to foretell)4. augŭror, 15. in Scriptural sense, prŏphētīzo, 1 • prophesy: 1. vātĭcĭnor, 1: to p. in a state of phrensy, v. per furorem, Cic. Div. 1, 18, init.: Liv.: Ov. 2. căno, cĕcĭni, cantum, 3 (prophecies being usually in verse: esp. poet.): he p.'d, as (if he had been) a seer, cecinit ut vates, Nep. Att. 16, extr. (used there to avoid repetition of praedico): Cic. Cat. 3, 8, 18 (in a rhetorical passage; said of the gods, ut haec quae nunc fiunt canere Dii viderentur): Liv. 1, 45, ad fin.: Virg.: Tib. 3. praedīco, 3 (to foretell): v. to predict. 4. augŭror, 1: v. to predict (3). 5. in Scriptural sense, prŏphētīzo, 1: Vulg. Matt. xxvi. 68; also, prŏphēto, 1: ib. 1 Cor. xiv. 1; et pass.
PROPHESY Copy link • PROPHESYTransitively, vaticinari (general term): canere (to prophesy in verse or rhythm): augurari (to foretell by the flight of birds, etc.; then generally). To prophesy (= anticipate) anything, aliquid augurari; aliquid opinione, or conjectura (Cic.), or mente (Curt.) augurari: to prophesy anybody’s fate, praedicere, quid alicui eventurum sit; his death, alicui mortem augurari. Intransitively, futura praedicere: praenunciare: vaticinari (to prophesy; be a vates).