providentia
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From prōvidēns (“taking care, giving attention to; foreseeing”) + -ia. Compare prūdentia. Possibly coined by Cicero as a calque of Ancient Greek πρόνοια (prónoia).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /proː.u̯iˈden.ti.a/, [proːu̯ɪˈd̪ɛn̪t̪iä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /pro.viˈden.t͡si.a/, [proviˈd̪ɛnt̪͡s̪iä]
Noun edit
prōvidentia f (genitive prōvidentiae); first declension
- The ability to see something in advance; foresight, foreknowledge.
- Precaution, providence, forethought.
Declension edit
First-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | prōvidentia | prōvidentiae |
| Genitive | prōvidentiae | prōvidentiārum |
| Dative | prōvidentiae | prōvidentiīs |
| Accusative | prōvidentiam | prōvidentiās |
| Ablative | prōvidentiā | prōvidentiīs |
| Vocative | prōvidentia | prōvidentiae |
Synonyms edit
- (foreknowledge): praescientia
- (providence): pronoea
Related terms edit
Descendants edit
- Middle French: pourvéance
- French: pourvoyance, pourvéance (dialectal, Burgundy)
- → English: providence
- → French: providence
- → Italian: provvidenza
- → Portuguese: providência
- → Romanian: providență
- → Spanish: providencia
- → Old Irish: remcaisiu (calque)
References edit
- “providentia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “providentia”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- providentia 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)
- providentia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.