prognosticon
Latin
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Ancient Greek προγνωστικόν (prognōstikón).
Pronunciation
edit- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /proɡˈnoːs.ti.kon/, [prɔŋˈnoːs̠t̪ɪkɔn]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /proɲˈɲos.ti.kon/, [proɲˈɲɔst̪ikon]
Noun
editprognōsticon n (genitive prognōsticī); second declension
- a prognostication; an omen or sign of the future
Declension
editSecond-declension noun (neuter, Greek-type).
Case | Singular | Plural |
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Nominative | prognōsticon | prognōstica |
Genitive | prognōsticī | prognōsticōrum |
Dative | prognōsticō | prognōsticīs |
Accusative | prognōsticon | prognōstica |
Ablative | prognōsticō | prognōsticīs |
Vocative | prognōsticon | prognōstica |
Derived terms
editRelated terms
editDescendants
edit- English: prognostic
References
edit- “prognosticon”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- prognosticon in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- prognosticon in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.