prosperus
Latin
Alternative forms
- prosper (singular masculine nominative only)
Etymology
From Proto-Italic *prosparos, from Proto-Indo-European *speh₁- (“to succeed”) (whence spēs).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈpros.pe.rus/, [ˈprɔs̠pɛrʊs̠]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈpros.pe.rus/, [ˈprɔsperus]
Adjective
prosperus (feminine prospera, neuter prosperum, superlative prosperrimus); first/second-declension adjective
- prosperous, successful
- favourable, propitious
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | prosperus | prospera | prosperum | prosperī | prosperae | prospera | |
| Genitive | prosperī | prosperae | prosperī | prosperōrum | prosperārum | prosperōrum | |
| Dative | prosperō | prosperō | prosperīs | ||||
| Accusative | prosperum | prosperam | prosperum | prosperōs | prosperās | prospera | |
| Ablative | prosperō | prosperā | prosperō | prosperīs | |||
| Vocative | prospere | prospera | prosperum | prosperī | prosperae | prospera | |
Derived terms
- improsper
- prosperitās
Descendants
- Catalan: pròsper
- French: prospère
- Galician: próspero
- Italian: prospero
- Occitan: prospèr
- Portuguese: próspero
- Romanian: prosper
- Spanish: próspero
References
- “prosperus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “prosperus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- prosperus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to enjoy good health: bona (firma, prospera) valetudine esse or uti (vid. sect. VI. 8., note uti...)
- the matter progresses favourably, succeeds: aliquid (bene, prospere) succedit or procedit (opp. parum procedere, non succedere)
- when life runs smoothly: in rebus prosperis et ad voluntatem fluentibus
- (ambiguous) to be favoured by Fortune; to bask in Fortune's smiles: fortunae favore or prospero flatu fortunae uti (vid. sect. VI. 8., note uti...)
- to enjoy good health: bona (firma, prospera) valetudine esse or uti (vid. sect. VI. 8., note uti...)