prognosticon

Latin

Alternative forms

• prognōsticum

Etymology

From Ancient Greek προγνωστικόν (prognōstikón).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /proɡˈnoːs.ti.kon/, [prɔŋˈnoːs̠t̪ɪkɔn]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /proɲˈɲos.ti.kon/, [proɲˈɲɔst̪ikon]

Noun

prognōsticon n (genitive prognōsticī); second declension

1. a prognostication; an omen or sign of the future

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter, Greek-type).

	singular	plural
nominative	prognōsticon	prognōstica
genitive	prognōsticī	prognōsticōrum
dative	prognōsticō	prognōsticīs
accusative	prognōsticon	prognōstica
ablative	prognōsticō	prognōsticīs
vocative	prognōsticon	prognōstica

Derived terms

• prognōstica

Related terms

• prognōsis

Descendants

• English: prognostic

References

• “prognosticon”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• prognosticon in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• prognosticon in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.