pretiosus

Latin

Etymology

From pretium +‎ -ōsus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /pre.tiˈoː.sus/, [prɛt̪iˈoːs̠ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /pret.t͡siˈo.sus/, [pret̪ː͡s̪iˈɔːs̬us]

Adjective

pretiōsus (feminine pretiōsa, neuter pretiōsum, comparative pretiōsior, superlative pretiōsissimus, adverb pretiōsē); first/second-declension adjective

1. valuable, precious
2. expensive, costly

   Synonyms: cārus, dīves, impēnsus, antīquus

   Antonym: vīlis

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	pretiōsus	pretiōsa	pretiōsum		pretiōsī	pretiōsae	pretiōsa
Genitive	pretiōsī	pretiōsae	pretiōsī		pretiōsōrum	pretiōsārum	pretiōsōrum
Dative	pretiōsō		pretiōsō		pretiōsīs
Accusative	pretiōsum	pretiōsam	pretiōsum		pretiōsōs	pretiōsās	pretiōsa
Ablative	pretiōsō	pretiōsā	pretiōsō		pretiōsīs
Vocative	pretiōse	pretiōsa	pretiōsum		pretiōsī	pretiōsae	pretiōsa

Derived terms

• Pretiōsa
• pretiōsē
• pretiōsitās

Descendants

• Catalan: preciós
• English: precious
• French: précieux
• Italian: prezioso
• Portuguese: precioso
• Romanian: prețios
• Spanish: precioso

References

• “prĕtĭōsus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “pretiōsus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• prĕtĭōsus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 1,236/1.
• “pretiōsus” on page 1,454/2 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)