Latin edit

Etymology edit

From prōvideō.

Pronunciation edit

Adjective edit

prōvidus (feminine prōvida, neuter prōvidum, adverb prōvidē); first/second-declension adjective

  1. prophetic
  2. provident, prudent, circumspect, cautious

Declension edit

First/second-declension adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative prōvidus prōvida prōvidum prōvidī prōvidae prōvida
Genitive prōvidī prōvidae prōvidī prōvidōrum prōvidārum prōvidōrum
Dative prōvidō prōvidō prōvidīs
Accusative prōvidum prōvidam prōvidum prōvidōs prōvidās prōvida
Ablative prōvidō prōvidā prōvidō prōvidīs
Vocative prōvide prōvida prōvidum prōvidī prōvidae prōvida

Descendants edit

  • Italian: provvido
  • Portuguese: próvido
  • Spanish: próvido

References edit

  • providus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • providus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • providus 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)
  • providus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette