praescientia
Latin
Etymology
From praesciēns, praescientis + -ia, from praesciō (“foreknow”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [prae̯s.kiˈɛn.ti.a]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [preʃ.ʃiˈɛn.t̪͡s̪i.a]
Noun
praescientia f (genitive praescientiae); first declension
Declension
First-declension noun.
| 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
- Romanian: preștiință
- 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.