pretiosus

Latin

Etymology

From pretium +‎ -ōsus.

Pronunciation

Adjective

pretiōsus (feminine pretiōsa, neuter pretiōsum, comparative pretiōsior, superlative pretiōsissimus, adverb pretiōsē); first/second-declension adjective

  1. valuable, precious
  2. expensive, costly
    Synonyms: cārus, dīves, impēnsus, antīquus
    Antonym: vīlis

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

singular plural
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
accusative pretiōsum pretiōsam pretiōsum pretiōsōs pretiōsās pretiōsa
ablative pretiōsō pretiōsā pretiōsō pretiōsīs
vocative pretiōse pretiōsa pretiōsum pretiōsī pretiōsae pretiōsa

Derived terms

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)
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