English → Latin
“prodigious” in Latin
mōnstruōsusstrange, preternatural, monstrousportentōsusfull of monstersprōdigiōsusunnatural, strange; wonderful, marvellous, prodigiousadmīrābilisadmirable, wonderful, worthy of admiration; surprising, astonishing, amazing, rare, strange, producing wonderimmānisimmense, enormous, huge, vast; brutal, inhuman, frightful, savage
The English word prodigious itself goes back to Latin aiō, through prōdigiōsus.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
prodigious
monstrosus; portentosus; prodigiosus (Quint., Ov., PROP.): admirabilis: stupendus: immanis (IMPROP.): a prodigious sum of money, immanes pecuniae.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for prodigious?
- The usual Latin words for “prodigious” are mōnstruōsus, portentōsus, prōdigiōsus; also admīrābilis, immānis. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.