prudens

== Latin == === Etymology === Contracted form of prōvidēns, present active participle of prōvideō. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈpruː.dẽːs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈpruː.dens] === Adjective === prūdēns (genitive prūdentis, comparative prudentior, superlative prudentissimus, adverb prūdenter); third-declension one-termination adjective wise, prudent Synonyms: callidus, sapiēns, sollers Antonyms: īnsipiēns, stupidus, fatuus, stultus, brūtus, āmēns, dēmēns skilful, knowledgeable (in a specific matter) ==== Declension ==== The ablative singular also appears as prūdente. Third-declension one-termination adjective. ==== Derived terms ==== prūdenter prūdentia ==== Descendants ==== === Further reading === “prudens”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “prudens”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers "prudens", 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) “prudens”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎[1], London: Macmillan and Co.