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Latin
Etymology
Late Latin borrowing from Ancient Greek προφητίζω (prophētízō, “to interpret the gods; to preach inspired by the Holy Spirit”), from προ- (pro-, “before”) + φημί (phēmí, “to declare, assert, say”) + -ίζω (-ízō), equivalent to prophēta + -izō.
Pronunciation
Verb
prophētizō (present infinitive prophētizāre, perfect active prophētizāvī, supine prophētizātum); first conjugation
- (Late Latin) to prophesy
Conjugation
References
- “prophetizo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- prophetizo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- prophetizo in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016