provideo

Latin

Etymology

From prō- +‎ videō (“I see”). Compare the parallel formations in Ancient Greek πρόοιδᾰ (próoida, “to know in advance”) and Sanskrit प्रविन्दति (pravindati, “to foresee, anticipate, invent”), from the same combination of roots.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /proːˈu̯i.de.oː/, [proːˈu̯ɪd̪eoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /proˈvi.de.o/, [proˈviːd̪eo]

Verb

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

1. to foresee
2. to be cautious; to act with foresight
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		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		prōvidēre	prōvīdisse	prōvīsūrum esse	prōvidērī	prōvīsum esse	prōvīsum īrī
participles		prōvidēns	—	prōvīsūrus	—	prōvīsus	prōvidendus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		prōvidendī	prōvidendō	prōvidendum	prōvidendō	prōvīsum	prōvīsū

Derived terms

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

 

Related terms

• invideō
• pervideō
• praevideō
• revideō
• videō

 

Descendants

• Catalan: proveir
• English: provide, purvey
• French: pourvoir
• 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