vates.
seer, soothsayer, diviner, prophet, prophetess
Meaning & usage
seer, soothsayer, diviner, prophet, prophetess
poet, poetess, bard
oracle
Where this word comes from
From Proto-Italic *wātis, from Proto-Indo-European *wéh₂t-i-s (“seer”), from *weh₂t- (“to be excited”).
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