sortilego

See also: sortílego

Italian

Etymology

From Latin sortilegum (“soothsayer, fortuneteller”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /sorˈti.le.ɡo/, [s̪or̺ˈt̪͡iːl̺eɡo]
  • Stress: sortìlego
  • Hyphenation: sor‧ti‧le‧go

Noun

sortilego m (plural sortileghi) (alternative plural sortilegi)

  1. (historical, Ancient Rome) A soothsayer who practices divination.
  2. (by extension, obsolete) A person who predicts the future; soothsayer, fortuneteller

Synonyms

Latin

Noun

sortilegō

  1. dative singular of sortilegum
  2. ablative singular of sortilegum
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