praescientia
Latin
Etymology
From praesciēns, praescientis + -ia, from praesciō (“foreknow”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /prae̯s.kiˈen.ti.a/, [präe̯s̠kiˈɛn̪t̪iä]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /preʃ.ʃiˈen.t͡si.a/, [preʃːiˈɛnt̪͡s̪iä]
Noun
praescientia f (genitive praescientiae); first declension
- foreknowledge, prescience
Declension
First-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | praescientia | praescientiae |
| Genitive | praescientiae | praescientiārum |
| Dative | praescientiae | praescientiīs |
| Accusative | praescientiam | praescientiās |
| Ablative | praescientiā | praescientiīs |
| Vocative | praescientia | praescientiae |
Related terms
- praescienter
- praesciō
- praescītiō
- praescītus
- praescius
Descendants
- Catalan: presciència
- English: prescience
- French: prescience
- Italian: prescienza
- Portuguese: presciência
- Spanish: presciencia
References
- “praescientia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- praescientia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette