LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
verbsecond conjugation

prōvideō

prōvideō (present infinitive prōvidēre, perfect active prōvīdī, supine prōvīsum)
Classical[proːˈwɪ.de.oː]Ecclesiastical[proˈviː.de.o]

Meaning

  1. to foresee
  2. to be cautious; to act with foresight
  3. to provide, see to
  4. to look after, care for

Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers

Conjugation conjugation 2

active indicative
formpresentimperfectfutureperfectpluperfectfut. perfect
1st sg.prōvideōprōvidēbamprōvidēbōprōvīdīprōvīderamprōvīderō
2nd sg.prōvidēsprōvidēbāsprōvidēbisprōvīdistīprōvīderāsprōvīderis
3rd sg.prōvidetprōvidēbatprōvidēbitprōvīditprōvīderatprōvīderit
1st pl.prōvidēmusprōvidēbāmusprōvidēbimusprōvīdimusprōvīderāmusprōvīderimus
2nd pl.prōvidētisprōvidēbātisprōvidēbitisprōvīdistisprōvīderātisprōvīderitis
3rd pl.prōvidentprōvidēbantprōvidēbuntprōvīdērunt
prōvīdēre		prōvīderantprōvīderint
active subjunctive
active subjunctive
formpresentimperfectperfectpluperfect
1st sg.prōvideamprōvidēremprōvīderimprōvīdissem
2nd sg.prōvideāsprōvidērēsprōvīderīsprōvīdissēs
3rd sg.prōvideatprōvidēretprōvīderitprōvīdisset
1st pl.prōvideāmusprōvidērēmusprōvīderīmusprōvīdissēmus
2nd pl.prōvideātisprōvidērētisprōvīderītisprōvīdissētis
3rd pl.prōvideantprōvidērentprōvīderintprōvīdissent
passive indicative
passive indicative
formpresentimperfectfuture
1st sg.prōvideorprōvidēbarprōvidēbor
2nd sg.prōvidēris
prōvidēre		prōvidēbāris
prōvidēbāre		prōvidēberis
prōvidēbere
3rd sg.prōvidēturprōvidēbāturprōvidēbitur
1st pl.prōvidēmurprōvidēbāmurprōvidēbimur
2nd pl.prōvidēminīprōvidēbāminīprōvidēbiminī
3rd pl.prōvidenturprōvidēbanturprōvidēbuntur
passive subjunctive
passive subjunctive
formpresentimperfect
1st sg.prōvidearprōvidērer
2nd sg.prōvideāris
prōvideāre		prōvidērēris
prōvidērēre
3rd sg.prōvideāturprōvidērētur
1st pl.prōvideāmurprōvidērēmur
2nd pl.prōvideāminīprōvidērēminī
3rd pl.prōvideanturprōvidērentur
imperative
imperative
formactivepassive
pres. 2nd sg.prōvidēprōvidēre
pres. 2nd pl.prōvidēteprōvidēminī
fut. 2nd sg.prōvidētōprōvidētor
fut. 3rd sg.prōvidētōprōvidētor
fut. 2nd pl.prōvidētōte—
fut. 3rd pl.prōvidentōprōvidentor
infinitives & participles
infinitives & participles
formactivepassive
present infinitiveprōvidēreprōvidērī
perfect infinitiveprōvīdisseprōvīsum esse
future infinitiveprōvīsūrum esseprōvīsum īrī
present participleprōvidēns—
perfect participle—prōvīsus
prōvīsa, prōvīsā, prōvīsae, prōvīsam, prōvīsārum, prōvīsās, prōvīse, prōvīsī, prōvīsīs, prōvīsō, prōvīsōrum, prōvīsōs
future participleprōvīsūrus
prōvīsūra, prōvīsūrā, prōvīsūrae, prōvīsūram, prōvīsūrārum, prōvīsūrās, prōvīsūre, prōvīsūrī, prōvīsūrīs, prōvīsūrō, prōvīsūrōrum, prōvīsūrōs, prōvīsūrum		prōvidendus
prōvidenda, prōvidendā, prōvidendae, prōvidendam, prōvidendārum, prōvidendās, prōvidende, prōvidendīs, prōvidendōrum, prōvidendōs
gerundprōvidendī, prōvidendō, prōvidendumsupineprōvīsum, prōvīsū

Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book

frumentum providere exercitui
to provide corn-supplies for the troops.
futura providere (not praevidere)
to foresee the future.
rem frumentariam comparare, providere
to look after the commissariat.

prō-vĭdĕo, vīdi, vīsum, 2, v. n. and a.
I.
I. Neutr.
A. Lit., to see forwards or before one's self, to see in the distance, to discern, descry (very rare): ubi, quid petatur, procul provideri nequeat, Liv. 44, 35, 12.—
B. Trop.
1. To be provident or cautious, to act with foresight, to take care (rare but class.; syn. praecaveo): actum de te est, nisi provides. Cic. Fam. 9, 18, 4; id. Rab. Post. 1, 1: nisi providisses, tibi ipsi pereundum fuisset, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 61, § 157.—
2. To see to, look after, care for; to provide, make preparation or provision for any thing (freq. and class.); constr. absol., with dat., de, ut, ne: multum in posterum providerunt, quod, etc., Cic. Agr. 2, 33, 91: nihil me curassis, ego mihi providero, Plaut. Most. 2, 2, 93: rei frumentariae, Caes. B. G. 5, 8: condicioni omnium civium, Cic. Cael. 9, 22: ut consulas omnibus, ut provideas saluti, id. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 10, § 31.—Impers. pass.: a dis vitae hominum consuli et provideri, Cic. N. D. 1, 2, 4: est autem de Brundusio providendum, id. Phil. 11, 11, 26; cf.: de re frumentariā, Caes. B. C. 3, 34: de frumento, id. B. G. 3, 3: ut quam rectissime agantur omnia providebo, Cic. Fam. 1, 2, 4.—So with ne, Cic. Verr. 1, 17, 51: cura et provide, ne quid ei desit, id. Att. 11, 3, 3: ne qua civitas suis finibus recipiat, a me provisum est, Caes. B. G. 7, 20; cf. impers.: provisum est, ne, etc., Ter. Phorm. 5, 2, 14: provisum atque praecautum est, ne quid, etc., Liv. 36, 17.—
II. Act.
A. Lit., to see or perceive in the distance (very rare): nave provisā, Suet. Tib. 14; id. Dom. 14.—
B. Trop.
1. In respect of time, to see or perceive beforehand, to foresee; to see before or earlier (class.): si qui, quae eventura sunt, provideant, Pac. ap. Gell. 14, 1, 34 (Trag. Rel. v. 407 Rib.); cf. Cic. Fin. 1, 14, 47: rem, quam mens providit, Lucr. 4, 884: quod ego, priusquam loqui coepisti, sensi atque providi, Cic. Vatin. 2, 4; cf. Caes. B. G. 7, 30: medicus morbum ingravescentem ratione providet, insidias imperator, tempestates gubernator, Cic. Div. 2, 6, 16: providere, quid futurum sit, id. Mur. 2, 4: quod adhuc conjecturā provideri possit, id. Att. 1, 1, 1: tempestas ante provisa, id. Tusc. 3, 22, 52: ratio explorata atque provisa, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 6, § 15: non hercle te provideram, Plaut. As. 2, 4, 44: aliquem, Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 69.—
2. To see to, look after, care for, give attention to; to prepare or provide for any thing: eas cellas provident, ne habeant in solo umorem, Varr. R. R. 3, 10, 4: ut res tempusque postulat, provideas atque administres, Cic. Fam. 14, 21: providentia haec potissimum providet, ut, etc., id. N. D. 2, 22, 58: omnia, Sall. C. 60, 4: ea, quae ad usum navium pertinerent, Caes. B. G. 3, 9: rem frumentariam, id. ib. 6, 9; cf.: frumento exercitui proviso, id. ib. 6, 44: provisi ante commeatūs, Tac. A. 15, 4: verbaque provisam rem non invita sequentur, Hor. A. P. 311: omnia quae multo ante memoi provisa repones, Verg. G. 1, 167; cf.: providebam Dominum in conspectu meo, kept in view, i. e. in mind, Vulg. Psa. 15, 8.—
3. Providere aliquid, to prevent, obviate an evil (syn. cavere): neque omnino facere aut providere quicquam poterant, Sall. J. 99, 2 Kritz: quicquid provideri potest, provide, Cic. Att. 5, 11, 1: quae consilio provideri poterunt, cavebuntur, id. ib. 10, 16, 2; Liv. 36, 17, 2; Plin. 34, 6, 14, § 30 Sillig; 34, 7, 18, § 40; Plin. Ep. 3, 9, 6.—Hence,
A. prōvĭ-dens, entis, P. a., foreseeing, provident, prudent (class.): homo multum providens, Cic. Fam. 6, 6, 9.—Comp.: id est providentius, more prudent, Cic. Fam. 3, 1, 1.—Sup.: providentissimus quisque, Tac. H. 1, 85; Plin. Ep. 9, 13, 6.—Adv.: prōvĭdenter, with foresight, providently, prudently, Sall. J. 90, 1; Plin. Pan. 1; Dig. 47, 3, 1.—Comp.: quanto melius quanto providentius, Quint. Decl. 14, 8.—Sup.: providentissime, Cic. N. D. 3, 40, 94; Plin. Ep. 10, 61 (69), 1; 10, 77 (81), 1.—*
B. prōvīsō, adv., with foresight or forethought, prudently: temere, proviso, Tac. A. 12, 39.

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*per-der.?
  2. Proto-Indo-European*per-der.?
  3. Proto-Indo-European*pér
  4. Proto-Indo-European*pró
  5. Proto-Indo-European*pro-
  6. Proto-Italic*pro-
  7. Latinprōvideō

Proto-Indo-European *weyd- Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁yeti Proto-Indo-European *widéh₁yeti Proto-Italic *widēō Latin videō Latin prōvideō From prō- (“prior, fore-”) + videō (“to see”). Compare the parallel formations in Ancient Greek πρόοιδᾰ (próoidă, “to know in advance”), Old Church Slavonic провидѣти (providěti, “to foresee”) and Sanskrit प्रविन्दति (pravindati, “to foresee, anticipate, invent”), from the same combination of roots as well as English foresee.

Descendants
  • Catalanproveir
  • Englishprovide
  • Frenchpourvoirfrom Old French porveoir
  • Englishpurveyfrom Old French porveoir
  • Englishpurviewfrom Old French porveoir
  • Italianprovvedere
  • Portugueseprover
  • Romanianprovedea
  • Spanishproveer

In English words that came into English from prōvideō

  • provideprōvideō
  • provisionprōvīsiō
  • providenceprōvidentia
  • prudenceprūdentia
  • purviewprōvideō
  • purveyprōvidēre
  • providentprōvidēns
  • provisoproviso
  • purveyorprōvidēre
  • provisorprōvīsor
  • provedoreprōvideō
  • proveditorprovidere

Quick answers

What does prōvideō mean in Latin?
prōvideō, a verb, means “to foresee; to be cautious; to act with foresight”.
What are the principal parts of prōvideō?
prōvideō, prōvidēre, prōvīdī, prōvīsum (second conjugation).
How do you pronounce prōvideō?
In classical Latin, [proːˈwɪ.de.oː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [proˈviː.de.o].
Where does prōvideō come from?
Proto-Indo-European *per-der.? → Proto-Indo-European *per-der.? → Proto-Indo-European *pér → Proto-Indo-European *pró → Proto-Indo-European *pro- → Proto-Italic *pro- → Latin prōvideō.
Which English words come from prōvideō?
English words that go back to Latin prōvideō include provide, purview, purvey, purveyor, provedore and proveditor.