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dīvīno , āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. divinus, II. A.,
I.to foresee, divine; also, to foretell, predict, prophesy (class. cf. vaticino, praedico): “non equidem hoc divinavi,” Cic. Att. 16, 8 fin.: “ut nihil boni divinet animus,” Liv. 3, 67; cf.: “quod mens sua sponte divinat,” id. 26, 41; and: “animo non divinante futura,” Ov. Tr. 4, 8, 29: “immortalitatem alicui,” Plin. 7, 55, 56, § 188: “permulta collecta sunt ab Antipatro, quae mirabiliter a Socrate divinata sunt,” Cic. Div. 1, 54, 123; cf.: “divinatae opes,” Ov. Nux, 80.—With acc. and inf.: “neque ego ea, quae facta sunt, divinabam futura,” Cic. Fam. 6, 1, 5; so id. de Sen. 4 fin.; id. Rep. 2, 5; id. Quint. 19; Liv. 4, 2 et saep.—With rel. clause: “divinare, quid in castris obvenisset,” Liv. 8, 23; so id. 40, 36; 41, 24.—Absol.: “Venus faciat eam, ut divinaret,” Plaut. Mil. 4, 6, 42; so Ter. Hec. 4, 4, 74; Cic. Div. 1, 3; 5; 6 et saep.; Hor. S. 2, 5, 60; Ov. M. 11, 694; id. Tr. 1, 9, 52 al.: “si de exitu divinaret,” Nep. Ages. 6, 1: “quaestum praestare divinando,” Vulg. Act. 16, 16.
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.

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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (18):
    • Cicero, Letters to his Friends, 6.1.5
    • Cicero, Letters to Atticus, 16.8
    • Ovid, Metamorphoses, 11.694
    • New Testament, Acts, 16.16
    • Horace, Satires, 2.5.60
    • Plautus, Miles Gloriosus, 4.6
    • Cornelius Nepos, Agesilaus, 6.1
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 41, 24
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 3, 67
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 8, 23
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 4, 2
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 26, 41
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 40, 36
    • Cicero, De Republica, 2.5
    • Cicero, De Divinatione, 1.3
    • Cicero, De Divinatione, 1.54
    • Ovid, Tristia, 1.9
    • Ovid, Tristia, 4.8
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