"pretiosus" meaning in Latin

See pretiosus in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: [prɛ.tiˈoː.sʊs] [Classical-Latin], [pret.t͡siˈɔː.s̬us] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: From pretium + -ōsus. Etymology templates: {{suffix|la|pretium|ōsus}} pretium + -ōsus Head templates: {{la-adj|pretiōsus|adv=pretiōsē|comp=pretiōsior|sup=pretiōsissimus}} pretiōsus (feminine pretiōsa, neuter pretiōsum, comparative pretiōsior, superlative pretiōsissimus, adverb pretiōsē); first/second-declension adjective Inflection templates: {{la-adecl|pretiōsus}} Forms: pretiōsus [canonical], pretiōsa [feminine], pretiōsum [neuter], pretiōsior [comparative], pretiōsissimus [superlative], pretiōsē [adverb], no-table-tags [table-tags], pretiōsus [masculine, nominative, singular], pretiōsa [feminine, nominative, singular], pretiōsum [neuter, nominative, singular], pretiōsī [masculine, nominative, plural], pretiōsae [feminine, nominative, plural], pretiōsa [neuter, nominative, plural], pretiōsī [genitive, masculine, singular], pretiōsae [feminine, genitive, singular], pretiōsī [genitive, neuter, singular], pretiōsōrum [genitive, masculine, plural], pretiōsārum [feminine, genitive, plural], pretiōsōrum [genitive, neuter, plural], pretiōsō [dative, masculine, singular], pretiōsae [dative, feminine, singular], pretiōsō [dative, neuter, singular], pretiōsīs [dative, feminine, masculine, neuter, plural], pretiōsum [accusative, masculine, singular], pretiōsam [accusative, feminine, singular], pretiōsum [accusative, neuter, singular], pretiōsōs [accusative, masculine, plural], pretiōsās [accusative, feminine, plural], pretiōsa [accusative, neuter, plural], pretiōsō [ablative, masculine, singular], pretiōsā [ablative, feminine, singular], pretiōsō [ablative, neuter, singular], pretiōsīs [ablative, feminine, masculine, neuter, plural], pretiōse [masculine, singular, vocative], pretiōsa [feminine, singular, vocative], pretiōsum [neuter, singular, vocative], pretiōsī [masculine, plural, vocative], pretiōsae [feminine, plural, vocative], pretiōsa [neuter, plural, vocative]
  1. valuable, precious Tags: adjective, declension-1, declension-2
    Sense id: en-pretiosus-la-adj-A6AVAEVy Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header, Latin terms suffixed with -osus, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 72 28 Disambiguation of Latin terms suffixed with -osus: 100 0 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 100 0 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 100 0
  2. expensive, costly Tags: adjective, declension-1, declension-2 Synonyms: cārus, dīves, impēnsus, antīquus
    Sense id: en-pretiosus-la-adj-gKkg~kDn Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 72 28
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: Pretiōsa, pretiōsē, pretiōsitās
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        "sup": "pretiōsissimus"
      },
      "expansion": "pretiōsus (feminine pretiōsa, neuter pretiōsum, comparative pretiōsior, superlative pretiōsissimus, adverb pretiōsē); first/second-declension adjective",
      "name": "la-adj"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pretiōsus"
      },
      "name": "la-adecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "valuable, precious"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "valuable",
          "valuable"
        ],
        [
          "precious",
          "precious"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "adjective",
        "declension-1",
        "declension-2"
      ]
    },
    {
      "antonyms": [
        {
          "word": "vīlis"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "expensive, costly"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "expensive",
          "expensive"
        ],
        [
          "costly",
          "costly"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "cārus"
        },
        {
          "word": "dīves"
        },
        {
          "word": "impēnsus"
        },
        {
          "word": "antīquus"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "adjective",
        "declension-1",
        "declension-2"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[prɛ.tiˈoː.sʊs]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[pret.t͡siˈɔː.s̬us]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "pretiosus"
}

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