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bătillum (in MSS. also vatillum), i, n. (batillus, i, m., Marc. Emp. 27).

  1. I. A shovel, a fire-shovel, coal-shovel, dirt or dungshovel, etc.: batilli ferrei, Plin. 33, 8, 44, § 127; 34, 11, 26, § 112; Treb. Pol. Claud. 14; Varr. R. R. 3, 6, 5.
  2. II. A fire-pan, chafing-dish, fumigating-pan, incense-pan: prunae batillum, * Hor. S. 1, 5, 36 (Jahn, K. and H. vatillum).

vātes (vātis, Cic. Div. 2, 5, 12 Christ.), is (gen. plur. vatium, id. Leg. 2, 8, 20 al.), comm. [perh. kindr. with Sanscr. vad, dicere, loqui; cf.: vas, vadis, and old Irish, fáith], a foreteller, seer, soothsayer, prophet.

  1. I. Lit.: bonus vates poteras esse: nam quae sunt futura dicis, Plaut. Mil. 3, 3, 37: falsus utinam vates sim, Liv. 21, 10, 10; 4, 46, 5; 36, 15, 2; Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 58, 132 (Trag. v. 356 Vahl.); Lucr. 1, 102; Cic. Leg. 2, 8, 20; id. N. D. 1, 20, 55; Liv. 25, 1, 8; 39, 8, 3; 39, 16, 8; Sall. H. 1, 48, 3 Dietsch; Verg. G. 3, 491; 4, 387; 4, 392; id. A. 3, 246; 5, 524; Hor. S. 2, 5, 6 al.
    Fem.: tuque, o sanctissima vates, Praescia venturi, Verg. A. 6, 65: vatis sub tecta Sibyllae, id. ib. 6, 211; 3, 187; 6, 636; Sen. Troad. 37.
  2. II. Transf.
    1. A. A poet; a poetess (the oldest name for a poet; but it fell into contempt, and was discarded for poëta, until restored to honor by Vergil; v. Munro ad Lucr. 1, 102; Müll. de re Metr. p. 65 sq.): versibu’ quos olim Fauni vatesque canebant, Enn. ap. Cic. Brut. 19, 76 (Ann. v. 222 Vahl.); Verg. E. 7, 27; 9, 34; Hor. C. 1, 1, 35; 2, 20, 3; 4, 6, 44; 4, 9, 28; Tac. Or. 9; Quint. 10, 1, 48; 12, 10, 24; Plin. 14, 4, 6, § 56; cf. Varr. L. L. 7, § 36 Müll.
      Fem.: sola tuum vates Lesbia vincit opus, i.e. Sappho, Ov. Tr. 3, 7, 20.
    2. B. An oracle, i. e. a teacher, master, authority in any art or profession (post-Aug. and rare): Herophilus medicinae vates mirandā arte, Plin. 11, 37, 88, § 219: Q. Scaevola legum clarissimus et certissimus vates, Val. Max. 8, 12, 1.

vătĭa, ae, v. vatius.

vatica herba, a plant, called also Apollinaria, App. Herb. 74.

Vātī̆cānus (i short, Hor. C. 1, 20, 7, but lengthened in Juv. and Mart.), a, um, adj. (sc. mons, collis), the Vatican Hill in Rome, on the western bank of the Tiber, Hor. C. 1, 20, 7; Juv. 6, 344; Fest. p. 379 Müll.; cf. Becker, Antiq. 1, p. 659 sq.; also plur., for the hill and the space around it: montes Vaticani, Cic. Att. 13, 33, 4: campus, id. ib.: ager, id. Agr. 2, 35, 96: vallis, between the Vatican and the Janiculum, Tac. A. 4, 14: Circus, Plin. 16, 40, 76, § 201: Vaticana (sc. vina), Vatican wine (a very inferior sort), Mart. 6, 92, 3; 10, 45, 5; cf. cadus, id. 1, 19, 2; 12, 48, 14.
Subst.: in Vaticano, Plin. 8, 14, 14, § 37; 16, 44, 87, § 237; 18, 3, 4, § 20: Vaticanus, the divinity presiding over the Vatican, Varr. ap. Gell. 16, 17, 2; Aug. Civ. Dei, 4, 8, 12.

vātĭcĭnātĭo, ōnis, f. [vaticinor], a foretelling, soothsaying, prophesying; a prediction, vaticination, Cic. N. D. 2, 3, 10; id. Att. 8, 12, 1; Caes. B. G. 1, 50; Val. Max. 1, 8, 10; Suet. Caes. 59; Plin. Ep. 6, 20, 19.

vātĭcĭnātor, ōris, m. [vaticinor] a soothsayer, prophet, Ov. P. 1, 1, 42; Prud. Ham. 343.

vātĭcĭnātrix, īcis, f. [vaticinator], a prophetess, female fortune-teller, Serv. ad Verg. E. 9, 13; id. A. 3, 443; Mythogr. Lat. 1, 10; 3, 3, 9 Bode.

vātĭcĭnĭum, ii, n. [vaticinus], a prediction, prophecy (post-Aug. for vaticinatio, oraculum, praedictio), Plin. 7, 52, 53, § 178; Gell. 16, 17, 1; Lact. 1, 4, 3; 2, 10, 6; 4, 6, 3; Sulp. Sev. Chron. 2, 1, 109.

vātĭcĭnĭus, a, um [vaticinor], prophetic, vaticinal: libri, Liv. 25, 1, 12; 39, 16, 8 Weissenb. (al. vaticinos).

vātĭcĭnor, ātus, 1, v. dep. n. and a. [vates], to foretell, predict, prophesy, forebode, vaticinate (syn.: ominor, divino).

  1. I. Lit.: furor vera vaticinatur, Cic. Div. 1, 31, 67: quod et somniantibus saepe contingit et vaticinantibus per furorem, id. ib. 1, 18, 34: haec duce praedico vaticinorque deo, Ov. P. 3, 4, 94; cf. Liv. 2, 41, 5; 5, 15, 4; Quint. 4, 2, 3; Ov. H. 16, 278; id. Ib. 268 al.
    With object-clause: saevam laesi fore numinis iram Vaticinatus erat, Ov. M. 4, 9; 8, 773.
    Poet.: parcite, vaticinor, cognatas caede nefandā Exturbare animas, i.e. I warn you as a prophet, Ov. M. 15, 174; cf.: venturi praescia Manto Per medias fuerat … Vaticinata vias, id. ib. 6, 159: vaticinor moneoque, id. P. 1, 1, 47.
  2. II. Transf.
    1. A. To sing or celebrate as a poet: Agrigentinum quidem doctum quendam virum carminibus Graecis vaticinatum ferunt, quae in rerum naturā totoque mundo constarent quaeque moverentur, ea contrahere amicitiam, dissipare discordiam, Cic. Lael. 7, 24: Ps. Parricida … Sacrilege … Perjure. Ba. Vetera vaticinamini, you’re singing the old song, Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 129.
    2. B. To rave, rant, talk foolish stuff: vaticinari atque insanire, Cic. Sest. 10, 23: sed ego fortasse vaticinor, et haec omnia meliores habebunt exitus, id. Fam. 2, 16, 6.

vātĭcĭnus, a, um, adj. [vaticinor], prophetical, vaticinal (poet. and rare; cf. vaticinius): furores, Ov. M. 2, 640.

Vatĭēnus, i, m.: P. Vatienus, a countryman to whom Castor and Pollux are said to have announced the victory of the Romans over Perseus, Cic. N. D. 2, 2; 3, 5.

Vătīnĭānus, a, um, v. Vatinius, I.

Vătīnĭus, i, m., the name of a Roman gens, Plin. 11, 45, 105, § 254.
So esp.,

  1. I. P. Vatinius, a Roman vehemently denounced by Cicero, Cic. Vatin. 1, 1 sqq.
    Hence, Vă-tīnĭānus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Vatinius, whose name became a proverb of disrepute: Vatiniana crimina, Cat. 53, 2: Vatinianum odium, id. 14, 3; cf. Sen. Const. 17, 3.
  2. II. A shoemaker and maker of fournozzled drinking-cups, Mart. 14, 96, 1.
    1. B. Transf., plur., drinking-cups made by Vatinius, Mart. 10, 3, 4.

vătĭus, a, um, adj., bent outwards: (canes) sint cruribus rectis et potius varis quam vatiis, Varr. R. R. 2, 9, 4; hence, of persons with legs bent out wards, bowlegged: quaesitum est, an balbus et blaesus … et varus et vatius sanus sit, Dig. 21, 1, 10 fin.; Mart. 12, 70, 1.
Subst.: vătĭa, ae, m., a bowlegged man: imitari vatias, Varr. L. L. 9, § 10 Müll.; cf. Plin. 11, 45, 105, § 204.