(adjective) : fātĭdĭcus, a, um, fatum-dico
* That predicts future events, prophesying, prophetic (class.): qui futura praedivinando soleant fari, fatidici dicti,Varr. L. L. 6, § 52 Müll.: vates,Verg. A. 8, 340; Ov. M. 3, 348: Themis,id. ib. 1, 321: anus,Cic. N. D. 1, 8, 18: deus,i. e. Apollo,Ov. F. 2, 262: puella,Suet. Galb. 9: augurium,Plin. 15, 29, 36, § 120: fulmina,id. 2, 43, 43, § 113: specus,id. 2, 93, 95, § 208: libri,i. e. the Sibylline,Suet. Aug. 31; cf. silvae,Val. Fl. 1, 304.—Subst.: fātĭdĭcus, i, m., a prophet, Cic. Leg. 2, 8, 20.

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