providentia
Latin
Etymology
From prōvidēns (“taking care, giving attention to; foreseeing”) + -ia. Compare prūdentia. Possibly coined by Cicero as a calque of Ancient Greek πρόνοια (prónoia).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [proː.wɪˈdɛn.ti.a]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [pro.viˈd̪ɛn.t̪͡s̪i.a]
Noun
prōvidentia f (genitive prōvidentiae); first declension
- The ability to see something in advance; foresight, foreknowledge.
- Precaution, providence, forethought.
Declension
First-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | prōvidentia | prōvidentiae |
| genitive | prōvidentiae | prōvidentiārum |
| dative | prōvidentiae | prōvidentiīs |
| accusative | prōvidentiam | prōvidentiās |
| ablative | prōvidentiā | prōvidentiīs |
| vocative | prōvidentia | prōvidentiae |
Synonyms
- (foreknowledge): praescientia
- (providence): pronoea
Related terms
Descendants
- Middle French: pourvéance
- French: pourvoyance, pourvéance (dialectal, Burgundy)
- → English: providence
- → French: providence
- → Italian: provvidenza
- → Portuguese: providência
- → Romanian: providență
- → Spanish: providencia
- → Old Irish: remcaisiu (calque)
References
- “providentia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “providentia”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- "providentia", 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)
- providentia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.