I.of or belonging to fate, ordained by fate or destiny, decreed, destined, fated, fatal (class.).
I. In gen.: illa fatalis necessitas, quam εἱμαρμένην dicitis, Cic. N. D. 1, 20, 55: fatalis et immutabilis continuatio ordinis sempiterni, id. Ac. 1, 7, 29: “summam fatalem conficere,” id. Rep. 6, 12: “divina atque fatalia,” id. Part. 21, 73: “casus,” id. Phil. 6, 7, 19: “consulatus ad salutem rei publicae prope fatalis,” id. Cat. 4, 1, 2; cf.: “hic annus fatalis ad interitum hujus urbis,” id. ib. 3, 4, 9: “anni,” Tib. 1, 3, 53; Inscr. Orell. 4851: “stamina,” Tib. 1, 7, 1; Ov. M. 8, 452; cf. “deae,” i. e. the Fates, id. P. 1, 8, 64: “libri,” i. e. the Sibylline, Liv. 5, 14, 4; 5, 5, 11; Suet. Caes. 79 al.: “verba,” Ov. F. 4, 257: “lex, i. e. fatum,” id. M. 3, 316; 10, 203: “labor,” Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 11: “ora fluminis,” destined, Ov. M. 15, 54: mala. Suet. Ner. 40: “mors,” a natural death, Vell. 2, 4, 6; Plin. Ep. 1, 12, 1; cf.: “mors fato propera,” Tac. A. 1, 3.—In neutr. fatale est, with a subject-clause: “tam fatale est, medicum adhibere, quam convalescere,” Cic. Fat. 13, 30: “quasi fatale esset, non posse Gallias debellari nisi a se consule,” Suet. Ner. 43. —
II. In partic., in a bad sense, dangerous, destructive, deadly (perh. only poet., and in post-Aug. prose): “vincla,” Lucr. 5, 876: “telum,” Verg. A. 12, 919: “manus (Etruscorum),” id. ib. 12, 232: “jaculum,” Ov. M. 5, 182: “hasta,” Sil. 2, 400: “lignum,” Ov. M. 8, 479: “crinis,” id. ib. 8, 85: “aurum,” id. ib. 9, 411: “signum,” id. ib. 13, 381: “monstrum,” Hor. C. 1, 37, 21: “judex,” id. ib. 3, 3, 19: “hora,” Suet. Ner. 49: “DIES,” dying-day, Inscr. Orell. 3023; 4758; cf.: “si quid mihi fatale contigerit,” Spart. Hadr. 4.—Hence, fātālĭter , adv., according to fate, fatally: omnia, quae fiunt quaeque futura sunt, ex omni aeternitate definita dicis esse fataliter, * Cic. Div. 2, 7, 19; Suet. Caes. 59; Tac. H. 1, 71; Ov. M. 12, 67: “mori,” to die a natural death, Eutr. 1, 11.
