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Cicero quae nunc usu veniunt cecinit ut vates
Cicero foretold things which now are happening in reality, as if he were a seer sola tuum vates Lesbia vincit opus
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vātēs, is, c.: a prophet, soothsayer, augur, seer, 3.433; prophetess, 3.187; poet, bard, 6.662; priest, 11.774.

vātes (vātis, Cic. Div. 2, 5, 12 Christ.), is (gen. plur. vatium, id. Leg. 2, 8, 20 al.), comm. [perh. kindr. with Sanscr. vad, dicere, loqui; cf.: vas, vadis, and old Irish, fáith], a foreteller, seer, soothsayer, prophet.

I Lit.: bonus vates poteras esse: nam quae sunt futura dicis, Plaut. Mil. 3, 3, 37 (911): falsus utinam vates sim, Liv. 21, 10, 10; 4, 46, 5; 36, 15, 2; Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 58, 132 (Trag. v. 356 Vahl.); Lucr. 1, 102; Cic. Leg. 2, 8, 20; id. N. D. 1, 20, 55; Liv. 25, 1, 8; 39, 8, 3; 39, 16, 8; Sall. H. 1, 48, 3 Dietsch; Verg. G. 3, 491; 4, 387; 4, 392; id. A. 3, 246; 5, 524; Hor. S. 2, 5, 6 al. —Fem.: tuque, o sanctissima vates, Praescia venturi, Verg. A. 6, 65: vatis sub tecta Sibyllae, id. ib. 6, 211; 3, 187; 6, 636; Sen. Troad. 37.—
II Transf.
- A A poet; a poetess (the oldest name for a poet; but it fell into contempt, and was discarded for poëta, until restored to honor by Vergil; v. Munro ad Lucr. 1, 102; Müll. de re Metr. p. 65 sq.): versibu' quos olim Fauni vatesque canebant, Enn. ap. Cic. Brut. 19, 76 (Ann. v. 222 Vahl.); Verg. E. 7, 27; 9, 34; Hor. C. 1, 1, 35; 2, 20, 3; 4, 6, 44; 4, 9, 28; Tac. Or. 9; Quint. 10, 1, 48; 12, 10, 24; Plin. 14, 4, 6, § 56; cf. Varr. L. L. 7, § 36 Müll.—Fem.: sola tuum vates Lesbia vincit opus, i.e. Sappho, Ov. Tr. 3, 7, 20. —
- B An oracle, i. e. a teacher, master, authority in any art or profession (post-Aug. and rare): Herophilus medicinae vates mirandā arte, Plin. 11, 37, 88, § 219: Q. Scaevola legum clarissimus et certissimus vates, Val. Max. 8, 12, 1.

vātēs, is, c., der Prophet, Weissager, die Prophetin, Weissagerin, der Seher, die Seherin, Sibylle, I) eig.: A) im allg., Plaut., Cic. u.a.: Cicero... quae nunc usu veniunt cecinit ut vates, Cic. – Amphrysia, Verg.: hāc vate suadente, Cic.: vera fuit vates, Kassandra, Ov. – B) insbes., der gottbegeisterte, prophetische Sänger, die Sängerin = der Dichter, die Dichterin (hingegen poëta = der Dichter als künstlerischer Bildner), cothurnatus, Tragödiensänger, -dichter, Ov.: maximus, v. Vergil, Sen.: carminum, Tac.: Maeonius, v. Homer, Ov.: Lesbia, v. der Sappho, Ov. – bes. v. Aeneidos, v. Vergil, Ov.: u. v. optimus, v. sidereus, v. maxime venerandus, v. Vergil, Colum. – II) übtr., der Tonangeber in einer Wissenschaft od. Kunst, der Meister, legum certissimus vates, Val. Max.: medicinae, Plin. – ➳ Genet. Plur. gew. vatum; aber auch vatium, Cic. de div. 1, 115; de legg. 2, 20 u. 30.

vates [CL] 1 prophet, seer, soothsayer (also transf.). b Christian saint. respondeant ‥ pro nobis sancti ~es nunc ut ante, qui os quodam modo Dei organumque Spiritus Sancti ‥ extitere Gildas EB 37; antiquas promulgans ore loquelas, / quas Enoch prisco descripsit tempore vates Aldh. CE 4. 12. 12; magi et arioli ‥ omnes gentilium ~es et idolatras mystice designant Bede Sam. 699C; versibus intextis vatem nunc jure salutat, / litterulas summa capitum hortans jungere primas Tatwine Aen. concl. 1; hec eo tempore que peregrinus ~es predixit rerum exitus comprobavit Ord. Vit. XII 1 p. 313; tristis ploravit Merlinus. inquisitus ~es ab attonitis spectatoribus ‥ disseruit quod stagno ‥ figuraretur mundus Ib. XII 47 p. 489; in ~em invectus, verbum hoc indignanter emisit: “Merlino mendaci quis de cetero fidem habeat?” Gir. EH I 38; cum Sibilla, ~e Cumena, colloquium petiit atque de future vite casibus quesivit Bern. Comm. Aen. 30; in judicium ~is Calcantis transtulit negocium Trevet Troades 18; a wyche, fitonissa, maleficus ‥ prestigiatrix, †rates [? l. vates] CathA. b hac celebratur honor sacrae genetricis in aula, / quae verum genuit lumen de lumine patris; / quem clamant Titan almo spiramine vates Aldh. CE 11. 6; insimulare studet stuprorum crimine vatem Id. VirgV 1020; vatis et ipse suae praegustans gaudia palmae Bede CuthbV 778; finibus et nostris vulgato nomine vatis / enituit clarus cunctis habitantibus istic Mir. Nin. 82; jacuit ad tumbam morbo depressus acerbo, / cum subito intrantem niveo jam tegmine vatem / conspicit Ib. 316; et precibus vatem postquam petierimus almum, / solvamus miserente pio jejunia Christo Wulf. Swith. II 737. 2 poet (esp. as regarded as divinely inspired). hanc Deus insontem, pius auxiliator egentum, / clementis dextrae clipeo protexit inermem, / ut cecinit dudum famosus carmine vates Aldh. VirgV 1912; unde reor psalmigrafum ~em cecinisse: ‘Septies in die laudem dixi tibi’ Id. Met. 2 p, 71; in hoc se studio sapientes esse putantes, / vatorum valeant si maculare melos Alcuin Carm. 42. 16; jusserat Albinus vates haec tecta parare Ib. 108. 1. 5; vati veniam dignare canenti / jam tribuere pius Æthelwulf Abb. 27; laudis munera dat dictanti scansio lucens: / Virgilianus hic dicetur maxime vates Osw. Vers. 5; 1166 si ‥ ethicus et ethnicus laudabiliter ad litterarum commendationem dixit quia ~is avarus haud temere est animus [cf. Hor. Epist. II 1. 119–20] J. Sal. Ep. 185 (184); verumtamen verus est ~es, de talibus loquens et dicens: ‘si latet ars prodest: affert deprensa pudorem’ [Ov. Ars Am. II 313] Gir. SD 137.

vātēs, (8) is, m. , ¶ 1 devin, prophète : Pl. Mil. 911 ; Lucr. 1, 102 ; Cic. Leg. 2, 20 ; Nat. 1, 55 || f. , devineresse, prophétesse : Virg. En. 6, 65 ; 6, 211, etc. ¶ 2 poète [inspiré des dieux] : Enn. d. Cic. Br. 76 ; Virg. B. 7, 28 ; Hor. O. 1, 1, 35, etc. ; Tac. D. 9 ; Quint. 10, 1, 48 || f. , poétesse : Ov. Tr. 3, 7, 20 ¶ 3 [fig.] maître dans un art, oracle : Plin. 11, 219 ; Val. Max. 8, 12, 1.

➳ gén. pl. ord^t vatum et qqf. vatium.

vātēs, is m en f (gen. plur. -ium en -um)

1. (vrl. en mnl.) waarzegger, profeet, ziener, sibille;
2. (poët.; postklass.) (vrl. en mnl.) (door de goden geïnspireerde) zanger, dichter [Maeonius = Homerus; Lesbia = Sappho; Aeneidos = Vergilius].

vates , is. m. f.
先知人。詩人。出等兿人。算命。蓍巫。截帥。

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, Episcopus. Tumulus Joannis II. PP. apud Baron. ann. 535 : Hic tumulus Vatis conservat membra Joannis, Ordine Pontificum qui fertur jure secundus. S. Ildefonsus : Crux hæc alma gerit geminorum corpora fratrum Leandri, Isidori, pariterque ex ordine Vatum. Rabanus Abb. Fuld. apud Browerum in Antiquit. Fuldensibus : Hac Baptista potens sacra venerabitur ara, Hac Vatum turba, atque Patrum colitur. Ermoldi Nigelli Carmen apud Murator. tom. 2. part. 2. col. 30. lib. 1. vers. 591 : Denique Rex Vatem prostrato corpore adorat, Paulinus Regem suscipit ecce pium. Amalarius Episcop. in Epistola ad Hieremiam Archiep. Senonensem : Charissimo patri et accuratissimo Rhetori Iheremiæ Vati in nostra Jerusalem, Amalarius. Ætherius Arelatensis Vates, apud Joannem Diacon. in Vita S. Gregorii M. lib. 2. cap. 35. Utuntur præterea Fortunatus lib. 5. Poem. 4. Paulus Emeritensis Diacon. lib. de Gestis Episcop. Emeritensium in S. Fidele num. 5. Theodoricus in Vita S. Celsi Episcopi Trevirensis n. 17. Candidus Mon. in Vita Eigilis Abb. Fuld. cap. 14. Christianæ Inscriptiones apud Gruterum 1070. 4. 1167. 9. 1169.

vātēs is, genplur. vātum (C., L., V., H., O.), rarely vātium (C.), m and f

a foreteller, seer, soothsayer, prophet, diviner: inductus a vatibus: falsus, L.: ut Nudus redeam, te vate, H.: sanctissima, V.: vatis sub tecta Sibyllae, V.—An inspired singer, bard, poet: ne vati noceat mala lingua, V.: si me lyricis vatibus inseres, H.

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