prudens

See also: Prudens

Latin

Etymology

Contracted form of prōvidēns, present active participle of prōvideō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈpruː.dens/, [ˈpruːd̪ẽːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈpru.dens/, [ˈpruːd̪ens]

Adjective

prūdēns (genitive prūdentis, comparative prudentior, superlative prudentissimus, adverb prūdenter); third-declension one-termination adjective

1. wise, prudent

   Synonyms: callidus, sapiēns, sollers

   Antonyms: īnsipiēns, stupidus, fatuus, stultus, brūtus, āmēns, dēmēns

2. skilful, knowledgeable (in a specific matter)

Declension

• The ablative singular also appears as prūdente.

Third-declension one-termination adjective.

Number	Singular			Plural
Case / Gender	Masc./Fem.	Neuter		Masc./Fem.	Neuter
Nominative	prūdēns			prūdentēs	prūdentia
Genitive	prūdentis			prūdentium
Dative	prūdentī			prūdentibus
Accusative	prūdentem	prūdēns		prūdentēs	prūdentia
Ablative	prūdentī			prūdentibus
Vocative	prūdēns			prūdentēs	prūdentia

Derived terms

• prūdenter
• prūdentia

Descendants

• Catalan: prudent
• English: prudent
• French: prudent
• Galician: prudente
• Italian: prudente
• Occitan: prudent
• Piedmontese: prudent
• Portuguese: prudente
• Romanian: prudent
• Spanish: prudente
• Welsh: prudd

Further reading

• “prudens”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “prudens”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• prudens 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)
• prudens in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • statesmen: viri rerum civilium, rei publicae gerendae periti or viri in re publica prudentes
    
  • (ambiguous) statesmanship; political wisdom: prudentia (civilis) (De Or. 1. 19. 85)