LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · neutersecond declension

praesāgium

praesāgium n (genitive praesāgiī or praesāgī)

Meaning

  1. premonition, presentiment, foreboding, presage

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativepraesāgiumpraesāgia
genitivepraesāgiī
praesāgī		praesāgiōrum
dativepraesāgiōpraesāgiīs
accusativepraesāgiumpraesāgia
ablativepraesāgiōpraesāgiīs
vocativepraesāgiumpraesāgia

praesāgĭum, ii, n. id.,
I. a presentiment, foreboding, prognostic, presage (poet. and in post-Aug. prose; cf. praesagitio): vatum praesagia, Ov. M. 15, 879: mentis, id. ib. 6, 510: puella praesagio malorum jam vitae exempta, Tac. A. 14, 64: tempestatis futurae, Col. 11, 1: praesagium atque indicia futuri periculi, indications, Vell. 2, 57, 1.

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*per-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*preh₂-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*préh₂i?
  4. Proto-Italic*prai
  5. Proto-Italic*prai-
  6. Latinpraesāgium

Proto-Indo-European *seh₂g- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *séh₂gyeti Proto-Italic *sāgiō Latin sāgiō Latin praesāgio Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -iusnom. Latin -ium Latin praesāgium From praesāgio + -ium.

Descendants
  • Catalanpresagi
  • Italianpresagio
  • Frenchprésagefrom Middle French presage
  • Englishpresagefrom Middle French presage
  • Spanishpresagio

In English words that came into English from praesāgium

  • presagepraesāgium

Quick answers

What does praesāgium mean in Latin?
praesāgium, a noun, means “premonition, presentiment, foreboding, presage”.
What is the genitive of praesāgium?
The genitive singular is praesāgiī. praesāgium is neuter, second declension.
Where does praesāgium come from?
Proto-Indo-European *per- → Proto-Indo-European *preh₂- → Proto-Indo-European *préh₂i? → Proto-Italic *prai → Proto-Italic *prai- → Latin praesāgium.