Latin edit

Etymology edit

From prōdigium +‎ -ōsus.

Pronunciation edit

Adjective edit

prōdigiōsus (feminine prōdigiōsa, neuter prōdigiōsum); first/second-declension adjective

  1. unnatural, strange
  2. wonderful, marvellous, prodigious

Declension edit

First/second-declension adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative prōdigiōsus prōdigiōsa prōdigiōsum prōdigiōsī prōdigiōsae prōdigiōsa
Genitive prōdigiōsī prōdigiōsae prōdigiōsī prōdigiōsōrum prōdigiōsārum prōdigiōsōrum
Dative prōdigiōsō prōdigiōsō prōdigiōsīs
Accusative prōdigiōsum prōdigiōsam prōdigiōsum prōdigiōsōs prōdigiōsās prōdigiōsa
Ablative prōdigiōsō prōdigiōsā prōdigiōsō prōdigiōsīs
Vocative prōdigiōse prōdigiōsa prōdigiōsum prōdigiōsī prōdigiōsae prōdigiōsa

Descendants edit

  • Catalan: prodigiós
  • English: prodigious (learned)
  • French: prodigieux (learned)
  • Italian: prodigioso
  • Spanish: prodigioso

References edit

  • 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.