oraculum

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

From ōrō (plead, beg; pray, entreat) + -culum.

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /oːˈraː.ku.lum/, [oːˈraː.kʊ.ɫũ]

Noun

ōrāculum n (genitive ōrāculī); second declension

  1. A divine announcement, oracle.
  2. A prophetic declaration; prophecy.
  3. A place where oracular responses were given; oracle.
  4. An oracular saying, maxim.
  5. An imperial rescript.

Inflection

Second declension.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative ōrāculum ōrācula
Genitive ōrāculī ōrāculōrum
Dative ōrāculō ōrāculīs
Accusative ōrāculum ōrācula
Ablative ōrāculō ōrāculīs
Vocative ōrāculum ōrācula

Derived terms

  • ōrāculārius

Descendants

References

  • oraculum in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • oraculum in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • oraculum in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
  • oraculum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to consult an oracle: oraculum consulere
    • to ask for an oracular response: oraculum petere (ab aliquo)
    • to give an oracular response: oraculum dare, edere
    • an oracle given by the Delphian Apollo (Apollo Pythius): oraculum Pythium (Pythicum)
  • oraculum in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
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