Latin

Alternative forms

• ōrāclum

Noun

ōrāculum n ‎(genitive ōrāculī); second declension

1. A divine announcement, oracle.
2. A prophetic declaration; prophecy.
3. A place where oracular responses were given; oracle.
4. An oracular saying, maxim.
5. An imperial rescript.

Inflection

Second declension.

Derived terms

• ōrāculārius

Related terms

Descendants

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, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “oraculum”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (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