English

Alternative forms

• sacervates

Noun

sacer vates ‎(plural sacer vates)

1. A divine or sacred poet, or a poet regarded as such.
   • 1970 — Michael Hamburger, Contraries: Studies in German Literature

     To these attributes of the sacer vates we can add the religious radicalism that prevented both men from making a profession of their vocation.

Anagrams

• stavesacre

Latin

Etymology

From sacer ‎(“holy, sacred”) + vātēs ‎(“soothsayer, bard, poet”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈsa.ker ˈwaː.teːs/, [ˈsa.kɛr ˈwaː.teːs]

Noun

sacer vātēs m, f ‎(genitive sacrī vātis); third declension

1. a sacred poet or soothsayer.
   • 16 BCE — Ovid, Amores, Book III, section 9.

     Tene, sacer vates, flammae rapuere rogales
     pectoribus pasci nec timuere tuis?

Descendants

• English: sacer vates