prodigiosus

Latin

Etymology

From prōdigium +‎ -ōsus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /proː.di.ɡiˈoː.sus/, [proːd̪ɪɡiˈoːs̠ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /pro.di.d͡ʒiˈo.sus/, [prod̪id͡ʒiˈɔːs̬us]

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.