pretiosus
Latin
Etymology
From pretium + -ōsus.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /pre.tiˈoː.sus/, [prɛ.tɪˈoː.sʊs]
Adjective
pretiōsus (feminine pretiōsa, neuter pretiōsum, comparative pretiōsior, superlative pretiōsissimus); first/second declension
- valuable, precious, expensive, costly
Declension
First/second declension.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | pretiōsus | pretiōsa | pretiōsum | pretiōsī | pretiōsae | pretiōsa | |
| Genitive | pretiōsī | pretiōsae | pretiōsī | pretiōsōrum | pretiōsārum | pretiōsōrum | |
| Dative | pretiōsō | pretiōsae | pretiōsō | pretiōsīs | pretiōsīs | pretiōsīs | |
| Accusative | pretiōsum | pretiōsam | pretiōsum | pretiōsōs | pretiōsās | pretiōsa | |
| Ablative | pretiōsō | pretiōsā | pretiōsō | pretiōsīs | pretiōsīs | pretiōsīs | |
| Vocative | pretiōse | pretiōsa | pretiōsum | pretiōsī | pretiōsae | pretiōsa | |
Derived terms
- Pretiōsa
- pretiōsē
- pretiōsitās
Descendants
- Catalan: preciós
- English: precious
- French: précieux
- Italian: prezioso
- Portuguese: precioso
- Romanian: prețios
- Spanish: precioso
References
- prĕtĭōsus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- pretiōsus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- prĕtĭōsus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette, page 1,236/1
- “pretiōsus” on page 1,454/2 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)