a. Now rare. [ad. L. fātidic-us, f. fāti- comb. form of fātum FATE + dic- weak root of dīc-ĕre to speak.] Of or concerned with predicting fates; prophetic.
1671. J. Davies, Sibylls, I. xviii. 48. The Prohibition, made to read the Fatidick Books in the Empire, was more particularly levelled against the Christians, then others.
1692. J. Edwards, Remarkable Texts, 310. The earth become old, so that the fatidick virtue was worn out.
1721–36. in Bailey.
1844. T. Mitchell, Sophocles, I. 72, note. αὐδᾶν as a verb applicable to fatidic purposes.
1861. in Jrnl. Sacred Lit., XIV. 175. When Moses, in the fatidic spirit, foretold the future prosperity of Israel.
