Latin

Noun

praestigium n ‎(genitive praestigiī); second declension

1. delusion, illusion
2. magic trick

Inflection

Second declension.

Descendants

• French: prestige

References

• praestigium in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• PRAESTIGIUM in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “praestigium”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.