prodigium
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From prō- (“fore-”) + aiō (“say”); compare and contrast with adagiō, later adagium, more likely of different formation.
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /proːˈdi.ɡi.um/, [proːˈd̪ɪɡiʊ̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /proˈdi.d͡ʒi.um/, [proˈd̪iːd͡ʒium]
Noun edit
prōdigium n (genitive prōdigiī or prōdigī); second declension
Declension edit
Second-declension noun (neuter).
| Case | 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 edit
- Catalan: prodigi
- French: prodige
- Italian: prodigio
- Portuguese: prodígio
- Romanian: prodigiu
- Spanish: prodigio
References edit
- “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)
- 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