The corpus record — Latin

prodigo

prodigo · v. a

to drive forth

Figures and citations on this page are drawn from the audited Latin corpus; none are written from memory.

Distribution

Vitellius 1 · 4.15/10k
De Pudicitia 5 · 3.72/10k
De Brevitate Vitae 2 · 3.24/10k
Pro Q. Ligario 1 · 3.05/10k
Historiae 1 · 2.46/10k
De Paenitentia 1 · 2.45/10k
de Origine et Situ Germanorum Liber 1 · 1.81/10k
Apologeticum 3 · 1.5/10k
Aulularia 1 · 1.45/10k
De Vita Beata 1 · 1.38/10k
Cathemerina 1 · 1.36/10k
De Tranquillitate Animi 1 · 1.32/10k

Densest 12 of 30 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

Senses

1. prōdĭgo — Lewis & Short

to drive forth

2. pródigó — Walde–Hofmann

egi, -äctum, -ere ,treibe hervor, verschwende* (seit Plaut, prodigus, -a, -um „v

Attestations

prodigere Ammianus Marcellinus, Res Gestae 16.12.50
prodigas Ammianus Marcellinus, Res Gestae 28.6.28
prodigis Ausonius, Epistularum 31.242
prodigi Cicero, Pro Sex. Roscio Amerino 38
prodigi Cicero, Pro Q. Ligario 11
prodige Cicero, Philippicae 11.13

6 of 53 attestations shown.

Deep etymology

Authority pointers, pending review

These are the etymology authorities that treat this word, with their exact locators. They are bibliographic pointers, not a published word history: no root, reconstruction, derivation, cognate, or origin is asserted here.

Walde-Hofmann, Lateinisches etymologisches Worterbuch scan pp. 1274-1275; entry #2136 Review: Under source audit

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