providus

Latin

Etymology

From prōvideō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈproː.wɪ.dʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈprɔː.vi.dus]

Adjective

prōvidus (feminine prōvida, neuter prōvidum, adverb prōvidē); first/second-declension adjective

1. prophetic
2. provident, prudent, circumspect, cautious

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	prōvidus	prōvida	prōvidum		prōvidī	prōvidae	prōvida
genitive	prōvidī	prōvidae	prōvidī		prōvidōrum	prōvidārum	prōvidōrum
dative	prōvidō	prōvidae	prōvidō		prōvidīs
accusative	prōvidum	prōvidam	prōvidum		prōvidōs	prōvidās	prōvida
ablative	prōvidō	prōvidā	prōvidō		prōvidīs
vocative	prōvide	prōvida	prōvidum		prōvidī	prōvidae	prōvida

Descendants

• Italian: provvido
• Portuguese: próvido
• Spanish: próvido

References

• “providus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “providus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• "providus", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• “providus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.