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fatum.

utterance, oracle; fate, destiny; natural term of life; doom, death, calamity;

5 characters2 syllables approx.Latina language

Meaning & usage

noun[ˈfaː.tũː]Classical-Latin[ˈfaː.tum]
  1. destiny, fate, lot

    declension-2
    alicuius fatum est/ alicui fatum est + infinitive
  2. death

    declension-2 · in-plural
  3. speech

    declension-2
  4. utterance, declaration, proclamation, prediction, prophecy

    declension-2
Where this word comes from

From fātus, from for (“to speak”). Compare typologically Russian рок (rok, “fate, doom”) (< Proto-Slavic *rokъ (“time, term”), derived from *reťi (“to say, speak”)).

verb[ˈfaː.tũː]Classical-Latin[ˈfaː.tum]
  1. accusative supine of for

    accusative · form-of · supine
Where this word comes from

From fātus, from for (“to speak”). Compare typologically Russian рок (rok, “fate, doom”) (< Proto-Slavic *rokъ (“time, term”), derived from *reťi (“to say, speak”)).

verb[ˈfaː.tũː]Classical-Latin[ˈfaː.tum]
  1. inflection of fātus: nominative/accusative/vocative neuter singular

    accusative · form-of · neuter · nominative · participle · singular · vocative
  2. inflection of fātus: accusative masculine singular

    accusative · form-of · masculine · participle · singular
Where this word comes from

From fātus, from for (“to speak”). Compare typologically Russian рок (rok, “fate, doom”) (< Proto-Slavic *rokъ (“time, term”), derived from *reťi (“to say, speak”)).

noun[ˈfaː.tũː]Classical-Latin[ˈfaː.tum]
  1. accusative singular of fātus

    accusative · form-of · singular
Where this word comes from

From fātus, from for (“to speak”). Compare typologically Russian рок (rok, “fate, doom”) (< Proto-Slavic *rokъ (“time, term”), derived from *reťi (“to say, speak”)).

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