Vates

//ˈveɪtiz//

Synonyms for "vates" (14 found)

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Translations

8 translations across 8 languages.

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Bulgarian

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  • оват noun (divinely inspired poet)

Catalan

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  • vat noun (divinely inspired poet)

Finnish

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  • vaatti noun (divinely inspired poet)

French

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  • vate noun (divinely inspired poet)

Hungarian

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  • vátesz noun (divinely inspired poet)

Portuguese

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  • vate noun (divinely inspired poet)

Spanish

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  • vate noun (divinely inspired poet)

Welsh

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  • vates noun (divinely inspired poet)

Sample sentences

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[Percy Bysshe] Shelley, a true vates, was called upon by their divine influence to render some choice passages from this very Faust, which, from confessed inability, [Francis Leveson-]Gower had left unattempted in his precious version, and some which from other motives he had purposely reticensed.

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The volume is haunted by the death of the vates (poet-prophet) Orpheus, who failed to revive Eurydice from death and was then torn apart by maenads.

Source: wiktionary

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