English → Latin
“foresee” in Latin
praevideōto see first or beforehand; to discern or anticipate beforehand, foresee; to provideprōvideōto foresee; to be cautious; to act with foresight; to provide, see toprōspiciōto look far off; to see into the distance; to watch or look out for; to discern, descry or espyanimuslife, life force, soul, vitality (that life-giving aspect which animates a thing); conscience, intellect, mind, reason, praesentiōto have a presentiment; to presagepraecipiōto take or seize beforehand, in advance; to anticipate; to enjoin, direct, order, command
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
foresee
praevidere: providere or prospicere, also with animo (to see afar off, into futurity): praesentire (to remark or perceive before). (The words are found in this connection and order.) animo providere et praesentire: (animo) praecipere (to foresee in one’s mind). To foresee what is coming, futura praevidere; quae sunt futura prospicere: to foresee far-distant things, longe in posterum prospicere: to foresee anything afar off, aliquid multo ante videre or praesentire: he had always foreseen this termination of his life, semper talem exitum vitae suae prospexerat animo: what he foresaw, if, etc., quod futurum provideat, ut, etc.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for foresee?
- The usual Latin words for “foresee” are praevideō, prōvideō, prōspiciō; also animus, praesentiō, praecipiō. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.