vates

` Madame, the Latin word vates means at once poet and prophet — a philological observation which most satisfactorily accounts for the striking phenomenon you have just mentioned.

Tiger-lilies 1867

But in ancient times the prophet and poet were often the same, and one word (as, in Latin, "vates") was used for both.

Ten Great Religions An Essay in Comparative Theology James Freeman Clarke 1849

Among the Romans a poet was called vates, which is as much as a diviner, foreseer, or prophet, as by his conjoined words, vaticinium and vaticinari, is manifest; so heavenly a title did that excellent people bestow upon this heart-ravishing knowledge.

The Defense of Poesy 1909

This agrees with Sidney, who in The Defence of Poesie asserts: Among the Romans a poet was called vates, which is as much as a diviner, foreseer, or prophet (Duncan-Jones 214).

Shepheardes Calendar 1579

"'Madame,' says Aubrey, laying his hand on his heart with that dignity for which his family is distinguished: 'Madame, the Latin word vates means at once poet and prophet -- a philological observation which most satisfactorily accounts for the striking phenomenon you have just mentioned.

Tiger-Lilies. A Novel. 1867

How she received the sceptre of Cathay, Some bard of defter quill may sing some day; and this was no doubt a kind of prophecy, for poets are also called vates, that is to say diviners; and its truth was made plain; for since then a famous Andalusian poet has lamented and sung her tears, and another famous and rare poet, a Castilian, has sung her beauty. "

Don Quixote 2002

Some bard of defter quill may sing some day; and this was no doubt a kind of prophecy, for poets are also called vates, that is to say diviners; and its truth was made plain; for since then a famous Andalusian poet has lamented and sung her tears, and another famous and rare poet, a Castilian, has sung her beauty. "

The History of Don Quixote, Volume 2, Part 19 Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra 1581

Some bard of defter quill may sing some day; and this was no doubt a kind of prophecy, for poets are also called vates, that is to say diviners; and its truth was made plain; for since then a famous Andalusian poet has lamented and sung her tears, and another famous and rare poet, a Castilian, has sung her beauty. "

The History of Don Quixote, Volume 2, Complete Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra 1581

Some bard of defter quill may sing some day; and this was no doubt a kind of prophecy, for poets are also called vates, that is to say diviners; and its truth was made plain; for since then a famous Andalusian poet has lamented and sung her tears, and another famous and rare poet, a Castilian, has sung her beauty. "

Don Quixote Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra 1581

These be they that, as the first and most noble sort may justly be termed vates, so these are waited on in the excellentest languages and best understandings with the fore-described name of poets.

The Defense of Poesy 1909