oraculum

== Latin == === Alternative forms === ōrāclum === Etymology === From ōrō (“plead, beg; pray, entreat”) + -culum. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [oːˈraː.kʊ.ɫũː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [oˈraː.ku.lum] === Noun === ōrāculum n (genitive ōrāculī); second declension A divine announcement, oracle. A prophetic declaration; prophecy. A place where oracular responses were given; oracle. An oracular saying, maxim. An imperial rescript. ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun (neuter). ==== Derived terms ==== ōrāculārius ==== Related terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== === References === “oraculum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “oraculum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers "oraculum", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887) “oraculum”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎[1], London: Macmillan and Co. “oraculum”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin