| Word | vatic |
|---|---|
| Definition | adj. lit. Describing or predicting what will happen in the future. (from Latin vates, prophet) |
| Sentence | ...[Aeneas] tears it off in his zeal and bears it into the vatic Sibyl's shrine. |
| Source | Virgil, The Aeneid, Book 6 l. 246–247, p. 189 |
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