prudentia

Latin

Etymology

From prūdēns +‎ -ia. Compare prōvidentia.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /pruːˈden.ti.a/, [pruːˈd̪ɛn̪t̪iä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /pruˈden.t͡si.a/, [pruˈd̪ɛnt̪͡s̪iä]

Noun

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

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	prūdentia	prūdentiae
genitive	prūdentiae	prūdentiārum
dative	prūdentiae	prūdentiīs
accusative	prūdentiam	prūdentiās
ablative	prūdentiā	prūdentiīs
vocative	prūdentia	prūdentiae

Descendants

• Catalan: prudència
• French: prudence
• Friulian: prudence
• Galician: prudencia
• Italian: prudenza
• Occitan: prudéncia
• Piedmontese: prudensa
• Portuguese: prudência
• Romanian: prudență
• Sicilian: prudenzia
• Spanish: prudencia

Adjective

prūdentia

1. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural of prūdēns

References

• “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 (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[2], pre-publication website, 2005-2016