vātēs is, genplur. vātum (C., L., V., H., O.), rarely vātium (C.), m and f
a foreteller, seer, soothsayer, prophet, diviner: inductus a vatibus: falsus, L.: ut Nudus redeam, te vate, H.: sanctissima, V.: vatis sub tecta Sibyllae, V.—An inspired singer, bard, poet: ne vati noceat mala lingua, V.: si me lyricis vatibus inseres, H.