sacer vates

English

Alternative forms

  • sacervates

Etymology

From Latin sacer vātēs (sacred poet).

Noun

sacer vates (plural sacer vates)

  1. A divine or sacred poet, or a poet regarded as such.
    • 1970 — Michael Hamburger, Contraries: Studies in German Literature
      To these attributes of the sacer vates we can add the religious radicalism that prevented both men from making a profession of their vocation.

Anagrams


Latin

Etymology

From sacer (holy, sacred) + vātēs (soothsayer, bard, poet).

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈsa.ker ˈwaː.teːs/, [ˈsa.kɛr ˈwaː.teːs]

Noun

sacer vātēs m or f (genitive sacrī vātis); third declension

  1. a sacred poet or soothsayer.
    • 16 BCEOvid, Amores, Book III, section 9.
      Tene, sacer vates, flammae rapuere rogales
      pectoribus pasci nec timuere tuis?

Inflection

Second declension.
Third declension.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative sacer vātēs sacrī vātēs
Genitive sacrī vātis sacrōrum vātium
Dative sacrō vātī sacrīs vātibus
Accusative sacrum vātem sacrōs vātēs
Ablative sacrō vāte sacrīs vātibus
Vocative sacer vātēs sacrī vātēs

Descendants

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