prodigus

English

Noun

prodigus

1. (law, obsolete) A prodigal person; a spendthrift.

Latin

Etymology

From prōdigō +‎ -us.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈproː.di.ɡus/, [ˈproːd̪ɪɡʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈpro.di.ɡus/, [ˈprɔːd̪iɡus]

Adjective

prōdigus (feminine prōdiga, neuter prōdigum); first/second-declension adjective

1. wasteful, lavish, prodigal

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	prōdigus	prōdiga	prōdigum		prōdigī	prōdigae	prōdiga
genitive	prōdigī	prōdigae	prōdigī		prōdigōrum	prōdigārum	prōdigōrum
dative	prōdigō	prōdigae	prōdigō		prōdigīs
accusative	prōdigum	prōdigam	prōdigum		prōdigōs	prōdigās	prōdiga
ablative	prōdigō	prōdigā	prōdigō		prōdigīs
vocative	prōdige	prōdiga	prōdigum		prōdigī	prōdigae	prōdiga

Derived terms

• prōdigālis (Late Latin)

Descendants

• Catalan: pròdig
• French: prodigue
• Galician: pródigo
• Italian: prodigo
• Portuguese: pródigo
• Romanian: prodig
• Spanish: pródigo

References

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