Prudentius
See also: prudentius
Latin
Alternative forms
- Prūd. (abbreviation)
Etymology
prūdēns (“wise”, “prudent”, oblique stem: prūdent-) + -ius
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /pruːˈden.ti.us/, [pruːˈd̪ɛn̪t̪iʊs̠]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /pruˈden.t͡si.us/, [pruˈd̪ɛnt̪͡s̪ius]
Proper noun
Prūdentius m sg (genitive Prūdentiī or Prūdentī); second declension
- A masculine nomen — famously held by:
- Aurelius Prudentius Clemens (AD 348–413), a Roman Christian poet of Calagurris, in Spain
Declension
Second-declension noun, singular only.
| Case | Singular |
|---|---|
| Nominative | Prūdentius |
| Genitive | Prūdentiī Prūdentī1 |
| Dative | Prūdentiō |
| Accusative | Prūdentium |
| Ablative | Prūdentiō |
| Vocative | Prūdentī |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
Descendants
- French: Prudence
References
- “Prūdentĭus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Prūdentĭus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 1,269/2
Further reading
Aurelius Prudentius Clemens on the Latin Wikipedia.Wikipedia la