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prodigium

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Etymology

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Particularly: “OED: "A derivation from classical Latin āiō ‘I say yes’ has also been suggested, but this is untenable on both semantic and morphological grounds."”

    From prō- (prefix denoting a forward direction, something before or prior, or prominence) +‎ aiō (to say, speak) +‎ -ium (suffix forming abstract nouns); compare and contrast with adagiō, later adagium, more likely of different formation.

    Pronunciation

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    Noun

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    prōdigium n (genitive prōdigiī or prōdigī); second declension

    1. omen, portent, prophetic sign
    2. prodigy, wonder
      Synonyms: mōnstrum, ostentum, portentum, mīrāculum, mīrum

    Declension

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    Second-declension noun (neuter).

    singular plural
    nominative prōdigium prōdigia
    genitive prōdigiī
    prōdigī1
    prōdigiōrum
    dative prōdigiō prōdigiīs
    accusative prōdigium prōdigia
    ablative prōdigiō prōdigiīs
    vocative prōdigium prōdigia

    1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

    Descendants

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    • Catalan: prodigi
    • French: prodige
    • Italian: prodigio
    • Portuguese: prodígio
    • Romanian: prodigiu
    • Spanish: prodigio

    References

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    • prodigium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
    • prodigium”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
    • prodigium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
    • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
      • to avert by expiatory sacrifices the effect of ominous portents: prodigia procurare (Liv. 22. 1)
    • prodigium”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
    • prodigium”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
    • Sihler, Andrew L. (1995) New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin, Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN