prophet
prophet
subs.
P. and V. μάντῐς, ὁ, προφήτης, ὁ.
One who speaks by oracles: Ar. and P. χρησμολόγος, ὁ, P. χρησμῳδός, ὁ.
Soothsayer: P. τερατοσκόπος, ὁ, V. τερασκόπος, ὁ, Ar. and V. θυηπόλος, ὁ.
Augur: V. οἰωνόμαντις, ὁ, οἰωνοσκόπος, ὁ.
Sure prophet: use adj. V. ἀ̆ριστόμαντις.
Any one who predicts the future: P. and V. μάντῐς, ὁ (Dem. 252).
subs.
P. and V. μάντῐς, ὁ, προφήτης, ὁ.
One who speaks by oracles: Ar. and P. χρησμολόγος, ὁ, P. χρησμῳδός, ὁ.
Soothsayer: P. τερατοσκόπος, ὁ, V. τερασκόπος, ὁ, Ar. and V. θυηπόλος, ὁ.
Augur: V. οἰωνόμαντις, ὁ, οἰωνοσκόπος, ὁ.
Sure prophet: use adj. V. ἀ̆ριστόμαντις.
Any one who predicts the future: P. and V. μάντῐς, ὁ (Dem. 252).
PROPHET
vates; fatidicus fatiloquus (Liv. ; propheta Apul. Lact.): a false prophet pseudopropheta (Tert.). He was a true prophet non falsus vates fuit; ab eo praedictum est fore eos eventus rerum qui acciderunt.
vates; fatidicus fatiloquus (Liv. ; propheta Apul. Lact.): a false prophet pseudopropheta (Tert.). He was a true prophet non falsus vates fuit; ab eo praedictum est fore eos eventus rerum qui acciderunt.
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.
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.