Propheta, prophétæ, vel prophéres, prophétæ, pen. prod. m. g. A prophet: he that telleth things that shal happen.Fatidici prophetæ. Iunencus. Sacri. Auson. Sancti. Iuuencus. Veridici Auson.
Lewis and Short: Latin dictionary
prŏphēta and prŏphētes, ae, m., = profh/ths, a foreteller, soothsayer, prophet (post-class.; cf. vates): prophetas in Adrasto Julius nominat antistites fanorum oraculorumque interpretes, Fest. p. 229 Müll. (Trag. Rel. p. 194 Rib.): prophetae quidam, deorum majestate completi, effantur ceteris, quae divino beneficio soli vident, App. de Mundo, p. 56, 29: sacerdotes Aegyptiorum, quos prophetas vocant, Macr. S. 7, 13, 9: Aegyptius, propheta primarius, App. M. 2, p. 127, 3.—Of the Jewish prophets, Lact. 1, 4, 1; 4, 11, 1; 7, 24, 9; Vulg. Luc. 1, 70.