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prosperus
prosperus
Latin
Adjective
prosperus m (feminine prospera, neuter prosperum); first/second declension
Inflection
First/second declension.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| nominative | prosperus | prospera | prosperum | prosperī | prosperae | prospera | |
| genitive | prosperī | prosperae | prosperī | prosperōrum | prosperārum | prosperōrum | |
| dative | prosperō | prosperō | prosperīs | ||||
| accusative | prosperum | prosperam | prosperum | prosperōs | prosperās | prospera | |
| ablative | prosperō | prosperā | prosperō | prosperīs | |||
| vocative | prospere | prospera | prosperum | prosperī | prosperae | prospera | |
References
- prosperus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- prosperus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “prosperus”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
- Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to enjoy good health: bona (firma, prospera) valetudine esse or uti (vid. sect. VI. 8., note uti...)
- the matter progresses favourably, succeeds: aliquid (bene, prospere) succedit or procedit (opp. parum procedere, non succedere)
- when life runs smoothly: in rebus prosperis et ad voluntatem fluentibus
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(ambiguous) to be favoured by Fortune; to bask in Fortune's smiles: fortunae favore or prospero flatu fortunae uti (vid. sect. VI. 8., note uti...)
- to enjoy good health: bona (firma, prospera) valetudine esse or uti (vid. sect. VI. 8., note uti...)