praestigiosus

Latin

Etymology

praestīgiae (“illusion”) +‎ -ōsus (“abounding in”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /prae̯s.tiː.ɡiˈoː.sus/, [präe̯s̠t̪iːɡiˈoːs̠ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /pres.ti.d͡ʒiˈo.sus/, [prest̪id͡ʒiˈɔːs̬us]

Adjective

praestīgiōsus (feminine praestīgiōsa, neuter praestīgiōsum); first/second-declension adjective

1. (Late Latin) delusive

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	praestīgiōsus	praestīgiōsa	praestīgiōsum		praestīgiōsī	praestīgiōsae	praestīgiōsa
Genitive	praestīgiōsī	praestīgiōsae	praestīgiōsī		praestīgiōsōrum	praestīgiōsārum	praestīgiōsōrum
Dative	praestīgiōsō		praestīgiōsō		praestīgiōsīs
Accusative	praestīgiōsum	praestīgiōsam	praestīgiōsum		praestīgiōsōs	praestīgiōsās	praestīgiōsa
Ablative	praestīgiōsō	praestīgiōsā	praestīgiōsō		praestīgiōsīs
Vocative	praestīgiōse	praestīgiōsa	praestīgiōsum		praestīgiōsī	praestīgiōsae	praestīgiōsa

Descendants

• → Catalan: prestigiós
• → English: prestigious
• → French: prestigieux
• → Italian: prestigioso
• → Portuguese: prestigioso
• → Romanian: prestigios
• → Spanish: prestigioso

References

• praestigiosus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• praestigiosus in Georges, Karl Ernst, Georges, Heinrich (1913–1918) Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th edition, volume 2, Hahnsche Buchhandlung
• “praestigiosus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• R. E. Latham, D. R. Howlett, & R. K. Ashdowne, editors (1975–2013), “praestigiosus”, in Dictionary of Medieval Latin from British Sources‎^[1], London: Oxford University Press for the British Academy, →ISBN, →OCLC