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Latin
Etymology
From prūdēns + -ia. Compare prōvidentia.
Pronunciation
Noun
prūdentia f (genitive prūdentiae); first declension
- acquaintance, knowledge, skilfulness
- sagacity, prudence, discretion, discreetness
- Synonyms: sapientia, calliditās
- Antonyms: stultitia, ineptitūdō, īnsapientia, imprūdentia, sōcordia, stupiditās, inertia
- 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?
- wisdom
- Deuteronomy 32:28 Latin Vulgate
Declension
First-declension noun.
Descendants
Adjective
prūdentia
- 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, 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, pre-publication website, 2005-2016