Latin edit

Etymology edit

From vātēs (seer, soothsayer, prophet) and canō (to sing; to recite; to foretell, predict, prophesy). The change from -a- to -i- follows the common pattern of Latin vowel reduction in non-initial syllables. As canō is a third-conjugation verb, the derivation of first-conjugation vāticinor may involve more steps than simple compounding of the base noun and verb; many first-conjugation verbs are denominative (derived from nouns or adjectives), and it has been hypothesized that an intermediate step in the derivation of vāticinor was a compound noun *vāti-cinium.[1]

It is also hypothesized that this verb was the original basis from which the ending -cinor was extended by analogy to be used as a suffix to form other verbs, such as ratiōcinor and sermōcinor.[2]

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

vāticinor (present infinitive vāticinārī, perfect active vāticinātus sum); first conjugation, deponent

  1. to prophesy, foretell
    Synonyms: praesāgiō, praemoneō, portendō, moneō, praedīcō, canō
  2. (figuratively) to sing, celebrate (as a poet)
  3. (figuratively) to rave, rant, spout foolishness

Conjugation edit

   Conjugation of vāticinor (first conjugation, deponent)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present vāticinor vāticināris,
vāticināre
vāticinātur vāticināmur vāticināminī vāticinantur
imperfect vāticinābar vāticinābāris,
vāticinābāre
vāticinābātur vāticinābāmur vāticinābāminī vāticinābantur
future vāticinābor vāticināberis,
vāticinābere
vāticinābitur vāticinābimur vāticinābiminī vāticinābuntur
perfect vāticinātus + present active indicative of sum
pluperfect vāticinātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
future perfect vāticinātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present vāticiner vāticinēris,
vāticinēre
vāticinētur vāticinēmur vāticinēminī vāticinentur
imperfect vāticinārer vāticinārēris,
vāticinārēre
vāticinārētur vāticinārēmur vāticinārēminī vāticinārentur
perfect vāticinātus + present active subjunctive of sum
pluperfect vāticinātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present vāticināre vāticināminī
future vāticinātor vāticinātor vāticinantor
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives vāticinārī vāticinātum esse vāticinātūrum esse
participles vāticināns vāticinātus vāticinātūrus vāticinandus
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
vāticinandī vāticinandō vāticinandum vāticinandō vāticinātum vāticinātū

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References edit

  • vaticinor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • vaticinor”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • vaticinor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
  1. ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008), “canō”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 88
  2. ^ ibid.