vatum

vatum is a Latin form of vates, meaning “prophet, seer; poet, bard”. It is the genitive plural masculine noun or genitive plural feminine noun.

Found 70 times in the Latin texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Vergil, Aeneid 4.65: Heu vatum ignarae mentes! quid vota furentem,

Ovid, Amores 3.9.26: Vatum Pieriis ora rigantur aquis —

Valerius Maximus, Facta et Dicta Memorabilia 1.1.1: … imonias pontificum scientia, bene gerendarum rerum auctoritates augurum obseruatione, Apollinis praedictiones uatum libris, portentorum depulsiones Etrusca disciplina explicari uoluerunt. prisco etiam instituto rebus diuinis …

All forms of vates (declension table)

Source: Socratos (socratos.org), a free reader for Ancient Greek and Latin. Grammar from the Perseus Treebank and Morpheus; dictionary entries from Lewis & Short, A Latin Dictionary (Perseus Digital Library, CC BY-SA). Counts are from the texts on Socratos.