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Δῶς μοι πᾶ στῶ καὶ τὰν γᾶν κινάσωGive me a place to stand on, and I will move the Earth.

Archimedes

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

prŏphēta: and prŏphētes, ae, m., = προφήτης,
I a foreteller, soothsayer, prophet (post-class.; cf. vates): prophetas in Adrasto Julius nominat antistites fanorum oraculorumque interpretes, Fest. p. 229 Müll. (Trag. Rel. p. 194 Rib.): prophetae quidam, deorum majestate completi, effantur ceteris, quae divino beneficio soli vident, App. de Mundo, p. 56, 29: sacerdotes Aegyptiorum, quos prophetas vocant, Macr. S. 7, 13, 9: Aegyptius, propheta primarius, App. M. 2, p. 127, 3.—Of the Jewish prophets, Lact. 1, 4, 1; 4, 11, 1; 7, 24, 9; Vulg. Luc. 1, 70.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

prŏphēta (-tēs), æ, m. (προφήτης), prêtre d’un temple, d’une divinité : Fest. 229 ; Apul. M. 2, 28 ; Macr. Sat. 7, 13, 9 || prophète : Lact. Inst. 1, 4, 1.

Latin > German (Georges)

prophēta u. prophētēs, ae, m. (προφήτης), der Weissager, Prophet, Iul. Caes. Strabo tr. 2 (bei Fest. 229, 9): v. ägyptischen Magiern, Apul. met. 2, 28; de dogm. Plat. 1, 3; de mund. prooem. p. 337 H. Macr. sat. 7, 13, 9. Ps. Apul. herb. 56: v. jüdischen Propheten, Lact. 1, 4 sqq. u.a. Eccl.

Latin > English

propheta prophetae N M :: prophet; spokesman/interpreter of a god; forteller, soothsayer (L+S)