prodigi-, prodig-

1. So great in size or force or extent as to elicit awe: "A prodigious storm".
2. Of momentous or ominous significance: "A prodigious vision".
3. Wonderful or marvelous: "She had a prodigious talent as a writer."
4. Far beyond what is usual in magnitude or degree.
5. Strange, unusual; exciting amazement or wonder.
6. Extraordinary in bulk, quantity, or degree.
7. From Latin prodigiosus "marvelous" and prodigium "prophetic sign, portent".

To a prodigious degree: "As a result of the hurricanes, the prices of gas have risen prodigiously".

The quality or state of being prodigious; the state of having qualities that excite wonder or astonishment; enormousness; vastness.

1. A person (or people) with exceptional talents or powers: "She surprised her parents with her math prodigy."
2. An act or event so extraordinary or rare as to inspire wonder.
3. An impressive or wonderful example of a particular quality.
4. An unusually gifted or intelligent (young) person; someone whose talents excite wonder and admiration.
5, A portentous sign or event; an omen; a sign of something about to happen.
6. A "sign, portent, something extraordinary from which omens are drawn", from Latin prodigium, "sign, omen, portent, prodigy".