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]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /proˈvi.de.o/, [proˈviːd̪eo]
Verb
prōvideō (present infinitive prōvidēre, perfect active prōvīdī, supine prōvīsum); second conjugation
- I foresee
- I am cautious; I act with foresight
- I provide, see to
- I look after, care for
Conjugation
Conjugation of prōvideō (second conjugation) | |||||||
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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
- prōvidē
- prōvidēns
- prōvidenter
- prōvidentia
- prōvidus
- 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, 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
- to foresee the future: futura providere (not praevidere)