praestigium

Latin

Etymology

Two suppositions:

praestinguō (“to obscure, extinguish”).
praestringō (“to blind; to blindfold; to dazzle or confuse someone”)

Noun

praestigium n (genitive praestigiī); second declension

delusion, illusion
magic trick

Inflection

Second declension.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	praestigium	praestigia
Genitive	praestigiī	praestigiōrum
Dative	praestigiō	praestigiīs
Accusative	praestigium	praestigia
Ablative	praestigiō	praestigiīs
Vocative	praestigium	praestigia

Descendants

French: prestige
Italian: 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, 1883–1887)
praestigium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

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