vatic
英 ['vætɪk]
- adj. 预言的
英英释义
- 1. resembling or characteristic of a prophet or prophecy;
- "the high priest's divinatory pronouncement"
- "mantic powers"
- "a kind of sibylline book with ready and infallible answers to questions"
中文词源
vatic 预言的
来自拉丁语vates,占卜家，预言家，来自PIE*wet,吹，启迪，唤醒灵魂，来自PIE*we的引申词义，词源同wind,风。
英文词源
- vatic (adj.)
- "pertaining to a prophet," c. 1600, from Latin vates (see vates) + -ic.