prodigus

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English

Noun

prodigus

(law, obsolete) A prodigal person; a spendthrift.

Latin

Etymology

From prōdigō +‎ -us.

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈproː.di.ɡus/,
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈpro.di.ɡus/,

Adjective

prōdigus (feminine prōdiga, neuter prōdigum); first/second-declension adjective

wasteful, lavish, prodigal

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
	singular				plural
nominative	prōdigus	prōdiga	prōdigum		prōdigī	prōdigae	prōdiga
genitive	prōdigī	prōdigae	prōdigī		prōdigōrum	prōdigārum	prōdigōrum
dative	prōdigō	prōdigae	prōdigō		prōdigīs
accusative	prōdigum	prōdigam	prōdigum		prōdigōs	prōdigās	prōdiga
ablative	prōdigō	prōdigā	prōdigō		prōdigīs
vocative	prōdige	prōdiga	prōdigum		prōdigī	prōdigae	prōdiga

Derived terms

prōdigālis (Late Latin)

Descendants

Catalan: pròdig
French: prodigue
Galician: pródigo
Italian: prodigo
Portuguese: pródigo
Romanian: prodig
Spanish: pródigo

References

“prodigus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“prodigus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
prodigus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

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