providus

== Latin == === Etymology === From prōvideō (“to foresee”) + -us. === 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 prophetic provident, prudent, circumspect, cautious ==== Declension ==== First/second-declension adjective. ==== Descendants ==== === 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.