ōrācŭlum (noun N) : (sync. oraclum: ex oraclo, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 21, 42, or Trag. v. 65 Vahl.;
* Plur, oracla, Att. ap. Non. 488, 2, or Trag. Rel. p. 185 Rib.; Ov. M. 1, 321), , n.oro, a divine announcement, an oracle (class.).
* Lit.: oracula ex eo ipso appellata sunt, quod inest in his deorum oratio,Cic. Top. 20, 77: quid est enim oraculum? nempe voluntas divina hominis ore enuntiata,Sen. Contr. 1 praef.: edere,Cic. Tusc. 1, 48, 116: petere a Dodonā,id. Div. 1, 43, 95: quaerere,Verg. G. 4, 449: poscere,id. A. 3, 456: consulere,Ov. M. 3, 8: Delphis oracula cessant,Juv. 6, 555.
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* In gen., a prophetic declaration, a prophecy: exposui somnii et furoris oracula,Cic. Div. 1, 32, 70; 1, 50, 115.
* A place where oracular responses were given, an oracle: illud oraculum Delphis tam celebre,Cic. Div. 1, 19, 37: Hammonis,Plin. 12, 23, 49, § 107: Delphicum,Macr. S. 1, 18, 4.
* Esp. (eccl. Lat.), the mercy-seat, the place in the tabernacle in which the presence of God was manifest, Vulg. Exod. 25, 18; 40, 18: oraculum templi, sanctum sanctorum,id. 3 Reg. 8, 6.
* An oracular saying, oracle pronounced by a man: haec ego nunc physicorum oracula fundo,Cic. N. D. 1, 24, 66: inde illa reliqua oracula: nequam agricolam esse, etc.,Plin. 18, 6, 8, § 40.
* An imperial rescript, Just. Inst. 1, 11, 11.

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