prudentia

From prūdēns +‎ -ia. Compare prōvidentia.

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [pruːˈdɛn.ti.a]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [pruˈd̪ɛn.t̪͡s̪i.a]

prūdentia f (genitive prūdentiae); first declension

1. acquaintance, knowledge, skilfulness
2. sagacity, prudence, discretion, discreetness

   Synonyms: sapientia, calliditās

   Antonyms: stultitia, ineptitūdō, īnsapientia, imprūdentia, sōcordia, stupiditās, inertia

3. foresight
   • c. 4 BCE – 65 CE, Seneca the Younger, De brevitate vitae 9:

     Potestne quicquam stultius esse quam quorundam sensus, hominum eorum dico qui prudentiam iactant?

     Can anything be sillier than the point of view of certain people—I mean those who boast of their foresight?

4. wisdom
   • Deuteronomy 32:28 Latin Vulgate

First-declension noun.

prūdentia

1. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural of prūdēns

• “prudentia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “prudentia”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• prudentia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • (ambiguous) statesmanship; political wisdom: prudentia (civilis) (De Or. 1. 19. 85)
    
• prudentia in Ramminger, Johann (16 July 2016 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[2], pre-publication website, 2005-2016