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

  1. 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

Descendants

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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