prodigus

prodigus

English

Noun

prodigus

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

Latin

Etymology

    From prōdigō + -us.

    Pronunciation

    Adjective

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

    1. wasteful, lavish, prodigal

    Declension

    First/second-declension adjective.

    singular plural
    masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
    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

    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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