praestigium
Latin
Etymology
Two suppositions:
- praestinguō (“to obscure, extinguish”).
- praestringō (“to blind; to blindfold; to dazzle or confuse someone”)
Noun
praestigium n (genitive praestigiī or praestigī); second declension
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | praestigium | praestigia |
| Genitive | praestigiī praestigī1 |
praestigiōrum |
| Dative | praestigiō | praestigiīs |
| Accusative | praestigium | praestigia |
| Ablative | praestigiō | praestigiīs |
| Vocative | praestigium | praestigia |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
Descendants
- Catalan: prestigi
- French: prestige
- Galician: prestixio
- Italian: prestigio
- Portuguese: prestígio
- Spanish: prestigio
References
- “praestigium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- praestigium in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- praestigium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.