praescientia

Latin

Etymology

From praesciō (“foreknow”)

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /prae̯s.kiˈen.ti.a/, [präe̯s̠kiˈɛn̪t̪iä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /preʃ.ʃiˈen.t͡si.a/, [preʃːiˈɛnt̪͡s̪iä]

Noun

praescientia f (genitive praescientiae); first declension

1. foreknowledge, prescience

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	praescientia	praescientiae
Genitive	praescientiae	praescientiārum
Dative	praescientiae	praescientiīs
Accusative	praescientiam	praescientiās
Ablative	praescientiā	praescientiīs
Vocative	praescientia	praescientiae

Related terms

• praescienter
• praesciō
• praescītiō
• praescītus
• praescius

Descendants

• English: prescience
• French: prescience
• Italian: prescienza
• Portuguese: presciência

References

• “praescientia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• praescientia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.