praestigia

Latin

Noun

praestīgia f (genitive praestīgiae); first declension

1. (chiefly in the plural) deception, illusion, trick
2. act of legerdemain, sleight of hand, magic trick

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	praestīgia	praestīgiae
genitive	praestīgiae	praestīgiārum
dative	praestīgiae	praestīgiīs
accusative	praestīgiam	praestīgiās
ablative	praestīgiā	praestīgiīs
vocative	praestīgia	praestīgiae

Noun

praestīgia

1. nominative/accusative/vocative plural of praestīgium

Further reading

• De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “stringō, -ere”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 591-592