prudens

See also: Prudens

Latin

Etymology

Contracted form of prōvidēns, present active participle of prōvideō.

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈpruː.dẽːs]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈpruː.d̪ens]

Adjective

prūdēns (genitive prūdentis, comparative prudentior, superlative prudentissimus, adverb prūdenter); third-declension one-termination adjective

wise, prudent
Synonyms: callidus, sapiēns, sollers

Antonyms: īnsipiēns, stupidus, fatuus, stultus, brūtus, āmēns, dēmēns
skilful, knowledgeable (in a specific matter)

Declension

The ablative singular also appears as prūdente.

Third-declension one-termination adjective.

	masc./fem.	neuter		masc./fem.	neuter
	singular			plural
nominative	prūdēns			prūdentēs	prūdentia
genitive	prūdentis			prūdentium
dative	prūdentī			prūdentibus
accusative	prūdentem	prūdēns		prūdentēs	prūdentia
ablative	prūdentī			prūdentibus
vocative	prūdēns			prūdentēs	prūdentia

Derived terms

Descendants

Catalan: prudent
English: prudent
French: prudent
Galician: prudente
Italian: prudente
Occitan: prudent
Piedmontese: prudent
Portuguese: prudente
Romanian: prudent
Spanish: prudente
Welsh: prudd

Further reading

“prudens”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“prudens”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
"prudens", 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)
prudens in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- statesmen: viri rerum civilium, rei publicae gerendae periti or viri in re publica prudentes
- (ambiguous) statesmanship; political wisdom: prudentia (civilis) (De Or. 1. 19. 85)