prodigiosus

Latin

Etymology

    From prōdigium +‎ -ōsus.

    Pronunciation

    Adjective

    prōdigiōsus (feminine prōdigiōsa, neuter prōdigiōsum); first/second-declension adjective

    1. unnatural, strange
    2. wonderful, marvellous, prodigious

    Declension

    First/second-declension adjective.

    singular plural
    masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
    nominative prōdigiōsus prōdigiōsa prōdigiōsum prōdigiōsī prōdigiōsae prōdigiōsa
    genitive prōdigiōsī prōdigiōsae prōdigiōsī prōdigiōsōrum prōdigiōsārum prōdigiōsōrum
    dative prōdigiōsō prōdigiōsae prōdigiōsō prōdigiōsīs
    accusative prōdigiōsum prōdigiōsam prōdigiōsum prōdigiōsōs prōdigiōsās prōdigiōsa
    ablative prōdigiōsō prōdigiōsā prōdigiōsō prōdigiōsīs
    vocative prōdigiōse prōdigiōsa prōdigiōsum prōdigiōsī prōdigiōsae prōdigiōsa

    Descendants

    • Catalan: prodigiós
    • → English: prodigious (learned)
    • → French: prodigieux (learned)
    • Italian: prodigioso
    • Spanish: prodigioso

    References

    • “prodigiosus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
    • “prodigiosus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
    • prodigiosus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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