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Latin
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Etymology
From ōrō (“plead, beg; pray, entreat”) + -culum.
Pronunciation
Noun
ōrāculum 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
Second-declension noun (neuter).
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References
- “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, 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)
- “oraculum”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin