soothsayer
soothsayer
subs.
See prophet.
subs.
See prophet.
SOOTHSAYER
vates: divinans (an inspired prophet; Cic.): vaticinans (Ov.; very rare = vates): fatidicus (one who foretells the destiny of man; Cic.): fatiloquus (poetical = fatidicus): sortilegus (one who divines by lots; Cic.): haruspex (one who foretells events from the appearance of the entrails of victims): augur (one who foretells from the flight of birds): feminine vates: mulier fatidica fatiloqua: interpres divum (Liv.): saga (Cic.).
vates: divinans (an inspired prophet; Cic.): vaticinans (Ov.; very rare = vates): fatidicus (one who foretells the destiny of man; Cic.): fatiloquus (poetical = fatidicus): sortilegus (one who divines by lots; Cic.): haruspex (one who foretells events from the appearance of the entrails of victims): augur (one who foretells from the flight of birds): feminine vates: mulier fatidica fatiloqua: interpres divum (Liv.): saga (Cic.).
soothsayer:
1. augur, ŭris: v.AUGUR .
2. auspex, ĭcis: Hor. Od. 3, 27, 8: Cic. Att. 2, 7, 2. (For augur and auspex, v. Dict. Ant. p. 174: the augur or auspex predicted future events from the flight, singing, or feeding of birds.)
3. hăruspex, ĭcis, (who foretold the future from the inspection of the entrails of victims, whence the term also of exstipex, Cic. Div. 2, 11, 26). A feminine form, hăruspĭca, occurs, Pl. Mil. 1, 3, 98 (hariolae atque haruspicae).
4. hăriŏlus (often joined with haruspex, and = prophet, seer): Cic. N. D. 1, 20, 55: Plaut.: Ter. Also a fem. hăriŏla, freq. in Plaut.: see alsoFORTUNE-TELLER .
5. sortĭlĕgus: v.FORTUNE-TELLER .
6. mĕtōposcŏpus or -os, i (one who told fortunes by examining the forehead, a physiognomist): Suet. Tit. 2: Plin. 35, 10, 36, § 88. Other words less precise are: conjector, conjectrix, dīvīnus, sāga (v.FORTUNE-TELLER ): vātes, vātĭcĭnātor, etc. (v. PROPHET , PROPHETESS ). To act as a s.: (i.) augŭror, 1: Cic. Div. 1, 33, 72: Tac.: v. TO AUGUR , PREDICT . (ii.) auspĭcor, 1: Cic. N. D. 2, 4, 11: Liv. 27. 16, fin. (iii.) hăriŏlor, 1 (in a contemptuous sense): Cic. Att. 8, 11, 3.
1. augur, ŭris: v.
2. auspex, ĭcis: Hor. Od. 3, 27, 8: Cic. Att. 2, 7, 2. (For augur and auspex, v. Dict. Ant. p. 174: the augur or auspex predicted future events from the flight, singing, or feeding of birds.)
3. hăruspex, ĭcis, (who foretold the future from the inspection of the entrails of victims, whence the term also of exstipex, Cic. Div. 2, 11, 26). A feminine form, hăruspĭca, occurs, Pl. Mil. 1, 3, 98 (hariolae atque haruspicae).
4. hăriŏlus (often joined with haruspex, and = prophet, seer): Cic. N. D. 1, 20, 55: Plaut.: Ter. Also a fem. hăriŏla, freq. in Plaut.: see also
5. sortĭlĕgus: v.
6. mĕtōposcŏpus or -os, i (one who told fortunes by examining the forehead, a physiognomist): Suet. Tit. 2: Plin. 35, 10, 36, § 88. Other words less precise are: conjector, conjectrix, dīvīnus, sāga (v.