LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective

prōdigiōsus

prōdigiōsus (feminine prōdigiōsa, neuter prōdigiōsum)
Classical[proː.dɪ.ɡiˈoː.sʊs]Ecclesiastical[pro.di.d͡ʒiˈɔː.s̬us]

Meaning

  1. adjectiveunnatural, strange
  2. adjectivewonderful, marvellous, prodigious

Declension

singular
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativeprōdigiōsusprōdigiōsaprōdigiōsum
genitiveprōdigiōsīprōdigiōsaeprōdigiōsī
dativeprōdigiōsōprōdigiōsaeprōdigiōsō
accusativeprōdigiōsumprōdigiōsamprōdigiōsum
ablativeprōdigiōsōprōdigiōsāprōdigiōsō
vocativeprōdigiōseprōdigiōsaprōdigiōsum
plural
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativeprōdigiōsīprōdigiōsaeprōdigiōsa
genitiveprōdigiōsōrumprōdigiōsārumprōdigiōsōrum
dativeprōdigiōsīsprōdigiōsīsprōdigiōsīs
accusativeprōdigiōsōsprōdigiōsāsprōdigiōsa
ablativeprōdigiōsīsprōdigiōsīsprōdigiōsīs
vocativeprōdigiōsīprōdigiōsaeprōdigiōsa

prōdĭgĭōsus, a, um, adj. prodigium,
I. unnatural, strange, wonderful, marvellous, prodigious (poet. and in post-Aug. prose): atria Circes, Ov. M. 13, 968: cura Veneris, id. ib. 9, 727: mendacia, id. Am. 3, 6, 17: corpora, Quint. 1, 1, 2; cf. id. 2, 5, 11: astra, Stat. Th. 3, 523: ostentatio (virium), Plin. 7, 20, 19, § 83: fides, Juv. 13, 62: prodigiosum dictu! Tac. H. 3, 56: ora prodigiosa Tartarei canis, mart. 5, 36, 2.—Comp.: quo nihil prodigiosius passa est respublica, Trebell. XXX. Tyr. 31; Salv. Gub. Dei, 7, p. 281. —Adv.: prōdĭgĭōsē, in an unnatural, strange, or wonderful manner: lien cum jecinore locum aliquando permutat, sed prodigiose, Plin. 11, 37, 80, § 204; 30, 11, 29, § 95.

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*per-der.?
  2. Proto-Indo-European*per-der.?
  3. Proto-Indo-European*pér
  4. Proto-Indo-European*pró
  5. Proto-Indo-European*pro-
  6. Proto-Italic*pro-
  7. Latinprōdigiōsus

Proto-Indo-European *h₁eǵ- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *h₁ǵyéti Proto-Italic *agjō Proto-Italic *ajjō Latin aiō Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -iusnom. Latin -ium Latin prōdigium Latin -ōsus Latin prōdigiōsus From prōdigium + -ōsus.

Descendants
  • Catalanprodigiós
  • Englishprodigious
  • Frenchprodigieux
  • Italianprodigioso
  • Spanishprodigioso

Quick answers

What does prōdigiōsus mean in Latin?
prōdigiōsus, a adjective, means “unnatural, strange; wonderful, marvellous, prodigious”.
How do you pronounce prōdigiōsus?
In classical Latin, [proː.dɪ.ɡiˈoː.sʊs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [pro.di.d͡ʒiˈɔː.s̬us].
Where does prōdigiōsus come from?
Proto-Indo-European *per-der.? → Proto-Indo-European *per-der.? → Proto-Indo-European *pér → Proto-Indo-European *pró → Proto-Indo-European *pro- → Proto-Italic *pro- → Latin prōdigiōsus.