fatidic

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The Word of the Day for January 1 is:

fatidic   \fay-TID-ik\   adjective : of or relating to prophecy

Example sentence:
     I hope the dream I had last night about losing my wedding ring doesn?t 
prove fatidic.

Did you know? 
     As you might guess, "fatidic" is a relative of the word "fate." The Latin 
word for fate is "fatum," which literally means "what has been spoken." 
"Fatum," in turn, comes from "fari," meaning "to speak." In the eyes of the 
ancients, your fate was out of your hands -- what happened was up to gods and 
demigods. Predicting your fate was a job for oracles and prophets. "Fatidic" is 
"fatum" combined with "dicere," meaning "to say." That makes "fatidic" a 
relative of the word "predict" as well; the "-dict" of "predict" also comes 
from Latin "dicere."





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