πρόνοια

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From προνοέω (pronoéō, “to perceive before, foresee”) +‎ -ῐᾰ (-ia).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pró.noi̯.a/ → /ˈpro.ny.a/ → /ˈpro.ni.a/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pró.noi̯.a/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈpro.ny.a/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈpro.ny.a/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈpro.ny.a/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈpro.ni.a/

Noun

πρόνοιᾰ • (prónoia) f (genitive προνοίᾱς); first declension

1. foresight, forethought, foreknowledge
   1. (with ἔχω + genitive) to take thought of, show care for
      • 438 BCE, Euripides, Alcestis 1060-1:

        τῆς θανούσης . . . πολλὴν πρόνοιαν δεῖ μ᾽ ἔχειν

        tês thanoúsēs . . . pollḕn prónoian deî m᾽ ékhein

        I must show great care for my dead wife

   2. (with ποιέω + genitive) to have regard for, forethought concerning
      • 361 BCE, Demosthenes, Against Midias 97:

        ἄλλου μηδενὸς πρόνοιαν ποιεῖσθαί

        állou mēdenòs prónoian poieîsthaí

        to have regard for nothing else

      • 129 CE – 216 CE, Galen, That the Best Doctor is Also a Philosopher 1.54K:

        τοῦ προγιγνώσκειν . . . πεποιῆσθαι πρόνοιαν

        toû progignṓskein . . . pepoiêsthai prónoian

        to have forethought about prognosis

2. providence

Declension

First declension of ἡ πρόνοιᾰ; τῆς προνοίᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ πρόνοιᾰ hē prónoia	τὼ προνοίᾱ tṑ pronoíā	αἱ πρόνοιαι hai prónoiai
Genitive	τῆς προνοίᾱς tês pronoíās	τοῖν προνοίαιν toîn pronoíain	τῶν προνοιῶν tôn pronoiôn
Dative	τῇ προνοίᾳ têi pronoíāi	τοῖν προνοίαιν toîn pronoíain	ταῖς προνοίαις taîs pronoíais
Accusative	τὴν πρόνοιᾰν tḕn prónoian	τὼ προνοίᾱ tṑ pronoíā	τᾱ̀ς προνοίᾱς tā̀s pronoíās
Vocative	πρόνοιᾰ prónoia	προνοίᾱ pronoíā	πρόνοιαι prónoiai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Latin: pronoea
• → English: pronoia
• → Albanian: pronë

Further reading

• “πρόνοια”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “πρόνοια”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• πρόνοια in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• G4307 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • breadth idem, page 94.
  • care idem, page 113.
  • caution idem, page 119.
  • circumspection idem, page 133.
  • deliberation idem, page 207.
  • discernment idem, page 229.
  • foresight idem, page 337.
  • forethought idem, page 337.
  • heed idem, page 394.
  • heedfulness idem, page 394.
  • insight idem, page 444.
  • perspicacity idem, page 608.
  • precaution idem, page 634.
  • premeditation idem, page 635.
  • prescience idem, page 636.
  • providence idem, page 654.
  • prudence idem, page 655.
  • respect idem, page 703.
  • reverence idem, page 709.
  • shrewdness idem, page 771.
  • thoughtfulness idem, page 868.
  • veneration idem, page 946.
  • vigilance idem, page 951.
  • wariness idem, page 964.
  • watchfulness idem, page 967.