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Latin
Etymology
From prō- + videō (“I see”). Compare the parallel formations in Ancient Greek πρόοιδᾰ (próoida, “to know in advance”) and Sanskrit प्रविन्दति (pravindati, “to foresee, anticipate, invent”), from the same combination of roots.
Pronunciation
Verb
prōvideō (present infinitive prōvidēre, perfect active prōvīdī, supine prōvīsum); second conjugation
- to foresee
- to be cautious; to act with foresight
- to provide, see to
- to look after, care for
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References
- “provideo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “provideo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- provideo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to foresee the future: futura providere (not praevidere)
- to look after the commissariat: rem frumentariam comparare, providere
- to provide corn-supplies for the troops: frumentum providere exercitui