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1 oraculum
ōrācŭlum (sync. oraclum: ex oraclo, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 21, 42, or Trag. v. 65 Vahl.; plur, oracla, Att. ap. Non. 488, 2, or Trag. Rel. p. 185 Rib.; Ov. M. 1, 321), i, n. [oro], a divine announcement, an oracle (class.).I.Lit.:II.oracula ex eo ipso appellata sunt, quod inest in his deorum oratio,
Cic. Top. 20, 77:quid est enim oraculum? nempe voluntas divina hominis ore enuntiata,
Sen. Contr. 1 praef.:edere,
Cic. Tusc. 1, 48, 116:petere a Dodonā,
id. Div. 1, 43, 95:quaerere,
Verg. G. 4, 449:poscere,
id. A. 3, 456:consulere,
Ov. M. 3, 8:Delphis oracula cessant,
Juv. 6, 555.—Transf.A.In gen., a prophetic declaration, a prophecy:B.exposui somnii et furoris oracula,
Cic. Div. 1, 32, 70; 1, 50, 115.—A place where oracular responses were given, an oracle:2.illud oraculum Delphis tam celebre,
Cic. Div. 1, 19, 37:Hammonis,
Plin. 12, 23, 49, § 107:Delphicum,
Macr. S. 1, 18, 4.—Esp. (eccl. Lat.), the mercy-seat, the place in the tabernacle in which the presence of God was manifest, Vulg. Exod. 25, 18; 40, 18:C.oraculum templi, sanctum sanctorum,
id. 3 Reg. 8, 6.—An oracular saying, oracle pronounced by a man:D.haec ego nunc physicorum oracula fundo,
Cic. N. D. 1, 24, 66:inde illa reliqua oracula: nequam agricolam esse, etc.,
Plin. 18, 6, 8, § 40.—An imperial rescript, Just. Inst. 1, 11, 11. -
2 ōrāculum or ōrāclum
ōrāculum or ōrāclum ī, n [oro], a divine announcement, oracle: oracla edere: quaerere, V.: consulere, O.: Delphis oracula cessant, Iu.—A prophetic declaration, prophecy: somnii et furoris oracula: nullum nefas oracula suadent, O.—A place where oracular responses were given, oracle: illud Delphis: angustae reserabo oracula mentis, O.—An oracular saying, oracle: physicorum oracula.
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