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vates
English
Etymology
From Latin v?t?s, from Proto-Indo-European *weh?t- (“excited, possessed”); cognate with Proto-Celtic *w?tis (“seer”) (Gaulish ???????, Old Irish fáith, Welsh gwawd) and Proto-Germanic *w?daz (“mad”) (Old English w?d (“mad, frenzied”), Gothic ???????????????? (w?ds, “possessed, mad”), Old High German wuot (“mad, madness”). More at wood (“crazy, mad, insane”) and wode.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?ve?tiz/
Noun
vates
- A poet or bard who is divinely inspired.
- 1999, Dennis Richard Danielson, The Cambridge Companion to Milton, Cambridge University Press, page 57 [1]:
- The volume is haunted by the death of the vates (poet-prophet) Orpheus, who failed to revive Eurydice from death and was then torn apart by maenads.
- 1999, Dennis Richard Danielson, The Cambridge Companion to Milton, Cambridge University Press, page 57 [1]:
Derived terms
- sacer vates
Translations
Anagrams
- Avest., Sveta, Vesta, evats, stave, vesta
Latin
Alternative forms
- v?tis
Etymology
From Proto-Italic *w?tis, from Proto-Indo-European *wéh?t-i-s (“seer”), from *weh?t- (“to be excited”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /?u?a?.te?s/, [?u?ä?t?e?s?]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /?va.tes/, [?v??t??s]
Noun
v?t?s m (genitive v?tis); third declension
- seer, soothsayer, prophet
- poet, poetess
- Synonym: po?ta
- oracle
Declension
Third-declension noun (i-stem).
Derived terms
- v?ticinor
Descendants
- English: vates
- French: vate
- Italian: vate
- Portuguese: vate
- Spanish: vate
References
- vates in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- vates in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- vates in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- vates in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
- De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7)?[2], Leiden, Boston: Brill, ?ISBN
Latvian
Noun
vates f
- genitive singular form of vate
Spanish
Noun
vates m pl
- plural of vate
Volapük
Noun
vates
- dative plural of vat
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fates
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fe?ts/
Noun
fates
- plural of fate
Verb
fates
- (rare) Third-person singular simple present indicative form of fate
Anagrams
- Festa, TAFEs, feast, feats, festa, fetas
Ladin
Adjective
fates
- feminine plural of fat
Volapük
Noun
fates
- dative plural of fat
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