pretium

pretium Vorlage:lat. ‘Wert, Geld, Kaufpreis, Lohn, Belohnung’.

From Proto-Italic *pretjom, from Proto-Indo-European *per- (“in front”) perhaps in the meaning of “equivalence, recompense, compensation”. Compare Proto-Slavic *protivъ (“contrary, against”), Ancient Greek πρός (prós) from older προτί (protí, “in the direction of, towards, near”), Sanskrit प्रति (prati, “towards, near; against”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈpre.ti.um/, [ˈprɛt̪iʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈpret.t͡si.um/, [ˈprɛt̪ː͡s̪ium]

Noun

pretium n (genitive pretiī or pretī); second declension

1. worth, price, value, cost
2. pay, hire, wage [ synonyms ▲]

   Synonyms: praemium, stīpendium, commodum, mercēs

3. reward [ synonyms ▲]

   Synonyms: praemium, datum, dōnum, oblātiō

4. ransom
5. bribe [ synonym ▲]

   Synonym: praemium

6. punishment [ synonyms ▲]

   Synonyms: pūnītiō, sānctiō, poena, supplicium, exemplum, vindicātiō, vindicta, animadversus, malum, mercēs

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	pretium	pretia
Genitive	pretiī pretī1	pretiōrum
Dative	pretiō	pretiīs
Accusative	pretium	pretia
Ablative	pretiō	pretiīs
Vocative	pretium	pretia