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 Vocabolario Treccani on line (in Italian), Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana, 2026

Latin

Etymology

From prō- +‎ agō (“to do, make, drive”); for the epenthetic d, compare redigō and redeō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈproː.dɪ.ɡoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈprɔː.di.ɡo]

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		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		prōdigere			prōdigī			prōdigēns			—
future		prōdāctūrum esse			prōdāctum īrī			prōdāctūrus			prōdigendus, prōdigundus
perfect		prōdēgisse			prōdāctum esse			—			prōdāctus
future perfect		—			prōdāctum fore			—			—
perfect potential		prōdāctūrum fuisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		prōdigendī		prōdigendō		prōdigendum		prōdigendō		prōdāctum		prōdāctū

Derived terms

• prōdāctus
• prōdigālitās
• prōdigē
• prōdigentia
• prōdigus

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 (16 July 2016 (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