oraculum
Latin
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom ōrō (“plead, beg; pray, entreat”) + -culum.
Pronunciation
edit- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /oːˈraː.ku.lum/, [oːˈräːkʊɫ̪ʊ̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /oˈra.ku.lum/, [oˈräːkulum]
Noun
editōrāculum n (genitive ōrāculī); second declension
- A divine announcement, oracle.
- A prophetic declaration; prophecy.
- A place where oracular responses were given; oracle.
- An oracular saying, maxim.
- An imperial rescript.
Declension
editSecond-declension noun (neuter).
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ōrāculum | ōrācula |
| Genitive | ōrāculī | ōrāculōrum |
| Dative | ōrāculō | ōrāculīs |
| Accusative | ōrāculum | ōrācula |
| Ablative | ōrāculō | ōrāculīs |
| Vocative | ōrāculum | ōrācula |
Derived terms
editRelated terms
editDescendants
edit- → Afrikaans: orakel
- → Basque: orakulu
- → Bulgarian: оракул (orakul)
- → Catalan: oracle
- → Czech: orákulum
- → Danish: orakel
- → Dutch: orakel
- → English: oracle
- → Esperanto: orakolo
- → Estonian: oraakel
- → Finnish: oraakkeli
- → French: oracle
- → German: Orakel
- → Hungarian: orákulum
- → Ido: oraklo
- → Interlingua: oraculo
- → Italian: oracolo
- → Latvian: orākuls
- → Lithuanian: orakulas
- → Luxembourgish: Orakel
- → Macedonian: оракул (orakul)
- → Norwegian: orakel
- Portuguese: orago, → oráculo
- → Romanian: oracol
- → Russian: оракул (orakul)
- → Serbo-Croatian: оракул
- → Slovak: orákulum
- → Slovene: orakelj
- → Spanish: oráculo
- → Swedish: orakel
- → Turkish: orakl, orakul, ırkıl
- → Ukrainian: оракул (orakul)
References
edit- “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 with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- oraculum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], 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)
- to consult an oracle: oraculum consulere
- “oraculum”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin