prodige Latin · revision 36083

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=81–43 BC, Cicero|origins=la agō}}

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''prōdigē''' (adverb)^(OLD 2012)^(Georges 1913)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|prōdigus|-ē|t1=wasteful, extravagant]].^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010) De Vaan lists [[m|la|prōdigus]] and [[m|la|prōdigō|t=to waste, squander]] among the derivatives of [[m|la|agō|t=to drive]],^(de Vaan 2008) which goes back to [[itc-pro|*ag-e/o-]] and [[ine-pro|*h₂eǵ-e/o-|t=to drive, lead]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Köbler dates it from Cicero,^(Köbler 2010) whose ''Philippics'' say of certain men that they cannot help living extravagantly.^(Georges 1913)^(Conte 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It means extravagantly or wastefully.^(OLD 2012)^(Georges 1913) Seneca uses it of scattering things lavishly, and writes that one human being should not use another wastefully.^(Georges 1913)^(Conte 2010)

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+ British medieval writers used it for in a prodigal or lavish manner, as Honorius Augustodunensis of a rich merchant who lived lavishly and without foresight, and also for abundantly, as Goscelin of a man abundantly learned.^(DMLBS)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it in the ''Philippics'' of living extravagantly.^(Georges 1913)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 4 BC–65 AD – Seneca uses it of scattering things lavishly.^(Georges 1913)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adverb===

+ # [[m|en|extravagantly|alt=Extravagantly]], [[m|en|wastefully]].^(OLD 2012)^(Georges 1913)

+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' [[m|en|abundantly|alt=Abundantly]], to a high degree.^(DMLBS)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[prōdigus]]

+ * [[prōdigō]]

+ * [[prōdigālitās]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}