Fatuus

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

Fātŭus, i. m.,

another name for the prophesying Faunus; also called Fātŭ-ellus ; while his sister , Fauna, who prophesied to females , was also called Fātŭa and Fātŭella , Lact. 1, 22, 9; Arn. 5, 18; Macr. S. 1, 12; Mart. Cap. 2, § 167; Just. 43, 1; Plin. 27, 12, 83, § 117 (dub.; Jan. fatuos).

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