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prudentia

prudentia

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.

Case Singular Plural
nominative prūdentia prūdentiae
genitive prūdentiae prūdentiārum
dative prūdentiae prūdentiīs
accusative prūdentiam prūdentiās
ablative prūdentiā prūdentiīs
vocative prūdentia prūdentiae

Descendants

Adjective

prudentia

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

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