providentia
Latin
Etymology
From prōvidēns (“taking care, giving attention to; foreseeing”) + -ia. Compare prūdentia.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /proː.u̯iˈden.ti.a/, [proːu̯ɪˈd̪ɛn̪t̪iä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /pro.viˈden.t͡si.a/, [proviˈd̪ɛnt̪͡s̪iä]
Noun
prōvidentia f (genitive prōvidentiae); first declension
- The ability to see something in advance; foresight, foreknowledge.
- Precaution, providence, forethought.
Declension
First-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | prōvidentia | prōvidentiae |
| Genitive | prōvidentiae | prōvidentiārum |
| Dative | prōvidentiae | prōvidentiīs |
| Accusative | prōvidentiam | prōvidentiās |
| Ablative | prōvidentiā | prōvidentiīs |
| Vocative | prōvidentia | prōvidentiae |
Synonyms
- (foreknowledge): praescientia
- (providence): pronoea
Related terms
Related terms
Descendants
- English: providence
- French: providence
- Italian: provvidenza
- Spanish: providencia
References
- “providentia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “providentia”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- providentia 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)
- providentia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.