vates
Meaning
- (declension-3) seer, soothsayer, diviner, prophet, prophetess
- (declension-3) poet, poetess, bard
- (declension-3) oracle
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Translations
Pronounced as (IPA)
[ˈwaː.teːs]
Etymology
From Proto-Italic *wātis, from Proto-Indo-European *wéh₂t-i-s (“seer”), from *weh₂t- (“to be excited”).
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