provideo

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *per-der.?

Proto-Indo-European *per-der.?

Proto-Indo-European *pér

Proto-Indo-European *-o

Proto-Indo-European *pró

Proto-Indo-European *pro-

Proto-Italic *pro-

Latin prō-

Proto-Indo-European *weyd-

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti

Proto-Indo-European *-yeti

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁yeti

Proto-Indo-European *widéh₁yeti

Proto-Italic *widēō

Latin videō

Latin prōvideō

From prō- (“prior, fore-”) + videō (“to see”).

Compare the parallel formations in Ancient Greek πρόοιδᾰ (próoidă, “to know in advance”), Old Church Slavonic провидѣти (providěti, “to foresee”) and Sanskrit प्रविन्दति (pravindati, “to foresee, anticipate, invent”), from the same combination of roots as well as English foresee.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [proːˈwɪ.de.oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [proˈviː.de.o]

Verb

prōvideō (present infinitive prōvidēre, perfect active prōvīdī, supine prōvīsum); second conjugation

1. to foresee

   Synonyms: vāticinor, praesāgiō, canō, praemoneō, portendō, moneō

2. to be cautious; to act with foresight

   Synonyms: cūrō, accūrō, servō, videō, cōnsulō, prōcūrō, colō, cōnsultō

3. to provide, see to
4. to look after, care for

Conjugation

   Conjugation of prōvideō (second conjugation)

indicative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	prōvideō		prōvidēs		prōvidet		prōvidēmus		prōvidētis		prōvident
	imperfect	prōvidēbam		prōvidēbās		prōvidēbat		prōvidēbāmus		prōvidēbātis		prōvidēbant
	future	prōvidēbō		prōvidēbis		prōvidēbit		prōvidēbimus		prōvidēbitis		prōvidēbunt
	perfect	prōvīdī		prōvīdistī		prōvīdit		prōvīdimus		prōvīdistis		prōvīdērunt, prōvīdēre
	pluperfect	prōvīderam		prōvīderās		prōvīderat		prōvīderāmus		prōvīderātis		prōvīderant
	future perfect	prōvīderō		prōvīderis		prōvīderit		prōvīderimus		prōvīderitis		prōvīderint
passive	present	prōvideor		prōvidēris, prōvidēre		prōvidētur		prōvidēmur		prōvidēminī		prōvidentur
	imperfect	prōvidēbar		prōvidēbāris, prōvidēbāre		prōvidēbātur		prōvidēbāmur		prōvidēbāminī		prōvidēbantur
	future	prōvidēbor		prōvidēberis, prōvidēbere		prōvidēbitur		prōvidēbimur		prōvidēbiminī		prōvidēbuntur
	perfect	prōvīsus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	prōvīsus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	prōvīsus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	prōvideam		prōvideās		prōvideat		prōvideāmus		prōvideātis		prōvideant
	imperfect	prōvidērem		prōvidērēs		prōvidēret		prōvidērēmus		prōvidērētis		prōvidērent
	perfect	prōvīderim		prōvīderīs		prōvīderit		prōvīderīmus		prōvīderītis		prōvīderint
	pluperfect	prōvīdissem		prōvīdissēs		prōvīdisset		prōvīdissēmus		prōvīdissētis		prōvīdissent
passive	present	prōvidear		prōvideāris, prōvideāre		prōvideātur		prōvideāmur		prōvideāminī		prōvideantur
	imperfect	prōvidērer		prōvidērēris, prōvidērēre		prōvidērētur		prōvidērēmur		prōvidērēminī		prōvidērentur
	perfect	prōvīsus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	prōvīsus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		prōvidē		—		—		prōvidēte		—
	future	—		prōvidētō		prōvidētō		—		prōvidētōte		prōvidentō
passive	present	—		prōvidēre		—		—		prōvidēminī		—
	future	—		prōvidētor		prōvidētor		—		—		prōvidentor
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		prōvidēre			prōvidērī			prōvidēns			—
future		prōvīsūrum esse			prōvīsum īrī			prōvīsūrus			prōvidendus
perfect		prōvīdisse			prōvīsum esse			—			prōvīsus
future perfect		—			prōvīsum fore			—			—
perfect potential		prōvīsūrum fuisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		prōvidendī		prōvidendō		prōvidendum		prōvidendō		prōvīsum		prōvīsū

Derived terms

• prōvidē
• prōvidēns
• prōvidenter
• prōvidentia
• prōvidus
• prōvīsō

Related terms

• invideō
• pervideō
• praevideō
• revideō
• videō

Descendants

• Catalan: proveir
• → English: provide
• Old French: porveoir
  • Middle French: pourveoir
    • French: pourvoir
  • Anglo-Norman: purveir, purveer, purveu (via “porveu”)
    • → Middle English: purveyen, purveu
      • English: purvey, purview
• Italian: provvedere
• Portuguese: prover
• Romanian: provedea
• Spanish: proveer

References

• “provideo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “provideo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “provideo”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to foresee the future: futura providere (not praevidere)
    
  • to look after the commissariat: rem frumentariam comparare, providere
    
  • to provide corn-supplies for the troops: frumentum providere exercitui