fātālis — Lewis & Short
fātālis, e, adj.fatum,
I of or belonging to fate, ordained by fate or destiny, decreed, destined, fated, fatal (class.).
I In gen.: illa fatalis necessitas, quam ei(marme/nhn dicitis, Cic. N. D. 1, 20, 55: fatalis et immutabilis continuatio ordinis sempiterni, id. Ac. 1, 7, 29:
summam fatalem conficere,id. Rep. 6, 12:
divina atque fatalia,id. Part. 21, 73:
casus,id. Phil. 6, 7, 19:
consulatus ad salutem rei publicae prope fatalis,id. Cat. 4, 1, 2; cf.:
hic annus fatalis ad interitum hujus urbis,id. ib. 3, 4, 9:
anni,Tib. 1, 3, 53; Inscr. Orell. 4851:
stamina,Tib. 1, 7, 1; Ov. M. 8, 452; cf.
deae,i. e. the Fates, id. P. 1, 8, 64:
libri,i. e. the Sibylline, Liv. 5, 14, 4; 5, 5, 11; Suet. Caes. 79 al.:
verba,Ov. F. 4, 257:
lex, i. e. fatum,id. M. 3, 316; 10, 203:
labor,Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 11:
ora fluminis,destined, Ov. M. 15, 54: mala. Suet. Ner. 40:
mors,a natural death, Vell. 2, 4, 6; Plin. Ep. 1, 12, 1; cf.:
mors fato propera,Tac. A. 1, 3.—In neutr. fatale est, with a subject-clause:
tam fatale est, medicum adhibere, quam convalescere,Cic. Fat. 13, 30:
quasi fatale esset, non posse Gallias debellari nisi a se consule,Suet. Ner. 43. —
II In partic., in a bad sense, dangerous, destructive, deadly (perh. only poet., and in post-Aug. prose):
vincla,Lucr. 5, 876:
telum,Verg. A. 12, 919:
manus (Etruscorum),id. ib. 12, 232:
jaculum,Ov. M. 5, 182:
hasta,Sil. 2, 400:
lignum,Ov. M. 8, 479:
crinis,id. ib. 8, 85:
aurum,id. ib. 9, 411:
signum,id. ib. 13, 381:
monstrum,Hor. C. 1, 37, 21:
judex,id. ib. 3, 3, 19:
hora,Suet. Ner. 49:
DIES,dying-day, Inscr. Orell. 3023; 4758; cf.:
si quid mihi fatale contigerit,Spart. Hadr. 4.—Hence, fātālĭter, adv., according to fate, fatally: omnia, quae fiunt quaeque futura sunt, ex omni aeternitate definita dicis esse fataliter, * Cic. Div. 2, 7, 19; Suet. Caes. 59; Tac. H. 1, 71; Ov. M. 12, 67:
mori,to die a natural death, Eutr. 1, 11.