The corpus record — Latin

fatidicus

fatidicus · adj

that predicts future events

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Where it lives

Griphus Ternarii numeri 1 · 9.35/10k
Oedipus 3 · 5.06/10k
de Bello Gothico 2 · 4.96/10k
Galba 1 · 3.63/10k
Troades 1 · 1.47/10k
de consulatu Stilichonis 1 · 1.32/10k
Florida 1 · 1.27/10k
Carminum minorum corpusculum 1 · 1.18/10k
Argonautica 4 · 1.08/10k
Punica 7 · 0.92/10k
Hercules Oetaeus 1 · 0.89/10k
Divus Augustus 1 · 0.75/10k

Densest 12 of 23 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

fātĭdĭcus — Lewis & Short

fātĭdĭcus, a, um, adj.fatum-dico,

I that predicts future events, prophesying, prophetic (class.): qui futura praedivinando soleant fari, fatidici dicti, Varr. L. L. 6, § 52 Müll.: vates, Verg. A. 8, 340; Ov. M. 3, 348: Themis, id. ib. 1, 321: anus, Cic. N. D. 1, 8, 18: deus, i. e. Apollo, Ov. F. 2, 262: puella, Suet. Galb. 9: augurium, Plin. 15, 29, 36, § 120: fulmina, id. 2, 43, 43, § 113: specus, id. 2, 93, 95, § 208: libri, i. e. the Sibylline, Suet. Aug. 31; cf. silvae, Val. Fl. 1, 304.—Subst.: fātĭdĭcus, i, m., a prophet, Cic. Leg. 2, 8, 20.

In the wild

fatidici Lucan, Pharsalia 5.70
fatidicum Statius, Thebais 10.605
fatidicae Silius Italicus, Punica 17.2
fatidicamque Valerius Flaccus, Argonautica 1.2
fatidico Statius, Thebais 8.208
fatidico Silius Italicus, Punica 3.680

6 of 51 attestations shown.

Where it came from

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