Latin

Noun

prūdentia f ‎(genitive prūdentiae); first declension

1. acquaintance, knowledge
2. sagacity, prudence, discretion
3. 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?

Inflection

First declension.

Descendants

• French: prudence
• Spanish: prudencia

Adjective

prudentia

1. nominative neuter plural of prudēns
2. accusative neuter plural of prudēns
3. vocative neuter plural of prudēns

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
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “prudentia”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • (ambiguous) statesmanship; political wisdom: prudentia (civilis) (De Or. 1. 19. 85)
    
• prudentia in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016