prodigo

See also: pródigo, prodigó, and prodigò

Italian

Etymology 1

From Latin prōdigus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈprɔ.di.ɡo/
• Rhymes: -ɔdiɡo
• Hyphenation: prò‧di‧go

Adjective

prodigo (feminine prodiga, masculine plural prodighi, feminine plural prodighe)

1. lavish
2. extravagant
3. prodigal

Derived terms

• figliol prodigo (“prodigal son”)
• prodigalmente
• prodigamente

 

Related terms

• prodigalità

Etymology 2

Verb

prodigo

1. first-person singular present indicative of prodigare

Further reading

• prodigo in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Latin

Etymology

From prō- +‎ agō (“I do, make, drive”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈproː.di.ɡoː/, [ˈproːd̪ɪɡoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈpro.di.ɡo/, [ˈprɔːd̪iɡo]

Verb

prōdigō (present infinitive prōdigere, perfect active prōdēgī, supine prōdāctum); third conjugation

1. to squander, waste
2. to use up, consume
3. to drive forth

Conjugation

Conjugation of prōdigō (third conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	prōdigō	prōdigis	prōdigit	prōdigimus	prōdigitis	prōdigunt
	imperfect	prōdigēbam	prōdigēbās	prōdigēbat	prōdigēbāmus	prōdigēbātis	prōdigēbant
	future	prōdigam	prōdigēs	prōdiget	prōdigēmus	prōdigētis	prōdigent
	perfect	prōdēgī	prōdēgistī	prōdēgit	prōdēgimus	prōdēgistis	prōdēgērunt, prōdēgēre
	pluperfect	prōdēgeram	prōdēgerās	prōdēgerat	prōdēgerāmus	prōdēgerātis	prōdēgerant
	future perfect	prōdēgerō	prōdēgeris	prōdēgerit	prōdēgerimus	prōdēgeritis	prōdēgerint
passive	present	prōdigor	prōdigeris, prōdigere	prōdigitur	prōdigimur	prōdigiminī	prōdiguntur
	imperfect	prōdigēbar	prōdigēbāris, prōdigēbāre	prōdigēbātur	prōdigēbāmur	prōdigēbāminī	prōdigēbantur
	future	prōdigar	prōdigēris, prōdigēre	prōdigētur	prōdigēmur	prōdigēminī	prōdigentur
	perfect	prōdāctus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	prōdāctus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	prōdāctus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	prōdigam	prōdigās	prōdigat	prōdigāmus	prōdigātis	prōdigant
	imperfect	prōdigerem	prōdigerēs	prōdigeret	prōdigerēmus	prōdigerētis	prōdigerent
	perfect	prōdēgerim	prōdēgerīs	prōdēgerit	prōdēgerīmus	prōdēgerītis	prōdēgerint
	pluperfect	prōdēgissem	prōdēgissēs	prōdēgisset	prōdēgissēmus	prōdēgissētis	prōdēgissent
passive	present	prōdigar	prōdigāris, prōdigāre	prōdigātur	prōdigāmur	prōdigāminī	prōdigantur
	imperfect	prōdigerer	prōdigerēris, prōdigerēre	prōdigerētur	prōdigerēmur	prōdigerēminī	prōdigerentur
	perfect	prōdāctus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	prōdāctus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	prōdige	—	—	prōdigite	—
	future	—	prōdigitō	prōdigitō	—	prōdigitōte	prōdiguntō
passive	present	—	prōdigere	—	—	prōdigiminī	—
	future	—	prōdigitor	prōdigitor	—	—	prōdiguntor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		prōdigere	prōdēgisse	prōdāctūrum esse	prōdigī	prōdāctum esse	prōdāctum īrī
participles		prōdigēns	—	prōdāctūrus	—	prōdāctus	prōdigendus, prōdigundus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		prōdigendī	prōdigendō	prōdigendum	prōdigendō	prōdāctum	prōdāctū

Derived terms

• prōdigentia
• prōdigus
• prōdigālitās
• prōdigē
• prōdāctus

 

Descendants

• English: prodigate
• French: prodiguer
• Italian: prodigare
• Romanian: prodiga
• Spanish: prodigar

References

• “prodigo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “prodigo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• prodigo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• prodigo in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016

Spanish

Verb

prodigo

1. first-person singular present indicative of prodigar