providus
Latin
Etymology
From prōvideō.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈproː.u̯i.dus/, [ˈproːu̯ɪd̪ʊs̠]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈpro.vi.dus/, [ˈprɔːvid̪us]
Adjective
prōvidus (feminine prōvida, neuter prōvidum, adverb prōvidē); first/second-declension adjective
- prophetic
- provident, prudent, circumspect, cautious
Declension
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
- Italian: provvido
- Portuguese: próvido
- Spanish: próvido
References
- “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