adjectivethird-declension one-termination adjective
prūdēns
prūdēns (genitive prūdentis, comparative prudentior, superlative prudentissimus, adverb prūdenter)
Classical[ˈpruː.dẽːs]Ecclesiastical[ˈpruː.dens]
Mille Verba core vocabulary
Meaning
- one terminationwise, prudent
- one terminationskilful, knowledgeable (in a specific matter)
Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers
quī multa vīdit et bene cōnsilium dat; senex prūdēns.prūdēns prūdentis — in Mille Verba, Basilica et Iūs
sapiēns in rēbus agendīsprūdēns -entis — in IVLIANVS I: Gallia, ch. 5
sapiēns, cautusprūdēns -entis — in Evangelium secundum Matthaeum, ch. 8, 22, 23
Choosing the right word Döderlein's Latin Synonyms
Sapiens · Prudens · Callidus · Scitus · Solers · Cordatus · Catus
1. Sapiens (from σήπω) is the person who chooses right objects, from ennobling views, and pursues them with quietness of mind; prudens and callidus denote the person who chooses right means, and regulates them with circumspection; prudentia is a natural judiciousness, pervading a man’s whole nature: calliditas, an acquired knowledge of the world and of men, gained by experience and practice. Cic. Fr. Scaur. 5. Hominis prudentis natura, callidi usu, doctrina eruditi. 2. Prudens is the person who has accurate practical views, in opp. to stultus; scitus, who has tact, mother-wit, and the faculty of combination; solers, who possesses practical genius and inventive power; cordatus, who has his head in the right place, in opp. to excors; catus, who discovers and knows secret means and ways. (v. 114.)
Declension
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | prūdēns | prūdēns | prūdēns |
| genitive | prūdentis | prūdentis | prūdentis |
| dative | prūdentī | prūdentī | prūdentī |
| accusative | prūdentem | prūdentem | prūdēns |
| ablative | prūdentī prūdente | prūdentī prūdente | prūdentī prūdente |
| vocative | prūdēns | prūdēns | prūdēns |
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | prūdentēs | prūdentēs | prūdentia |
| genitive | prūdentium | prūdentium | prūdentium |
| dative | prūdentibus | prūdentibus | prūdentibus |
| accusative | prūdentīs prūdentēs | prūdentīs prūdentēs | prūdentia |
| ablative | prūdentibus | prūdentibus | prūdentibus |
| vocative | prūdentēs | prūdentēs | prūdentia |
Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book
- prudentia (civilis) (De Or. 1. 19. 85)
- statesmanship; political wisdom.
- viri rerum civilium, rei publicae gerendae periti or viri in re publica prudentes
- statesmen.
- prudenter, considerate, consilio agere (opp. temere, nullo consilio, nulla ratione)
- to act reasonably, judiciously.
prūdens, entis, adj. contr. from providens.
I. Foreseeing, foreknowing (very rare); constr. with an objective clause, or absol.:
ille contra urinam spargit, prudens, hanc quoque leoni exitialem, Plin. 8, 38, 57, § 136: quos prudentis possumus dicere, id est providentis, Cic. Div. 1, 49, 111: de futuro satis callidus satisque prudens, Ps.-Sall. ap. Cic. init.—II. Transf.
A. Knowing, skilled, experienced, versed, practised in a thing (class.; syn.: peritus, consultus); constr. with gen. or in; poet. and post-Aug. also with inf.
(a). With gen.:
ceterarum rerum pater familias et prudens et attentus, Cic. Quint. 3, 11: belli prudentes, Sall. Ep. Mith. (H. 4, 61, 16 Dietsch): rei militaris, Nep. Con. 1, 2: locorum, Liv. 34, 28 fin.: animus rerum prudens, Hor. C. 4, 9, 35: artis, Ov. H. 5, 150: animorum provinciae prudens, Tac. Agr. 19: doli prudens, id. H. 2, 25: agricolationis, Col. 2, 2, 15.—Comp.: prudentiores rerum rusticarum, Col. 4, 2, 1; so, earum rerum, Gell. 14, 2, 4.—Sup.: adulandi gens prudentissima, Juv. 3, 86.—(b). With in:
prudens in jure civili, Cic. Lael. 2, 6.—(g). With inf. or acc. and inf.:
nec pauperum prudens anus Novemdialis dissipare pulveres, Hor. Epod. 17, 47: prudens otii vitia negotio discuti, Curt. 7, 1, 4:-ob ea se peti prudens, Plin. 8, 31, 49, § 111: sciens prudensque se praegnantem non esse, Dig. 25, 6, 1, § 2.—2. In partic.
a. Juris prudens, also prudens alone (like juris peritus), skilled or learned in the law; as subst.: jūrisprūdens, ntis, m., one learned in the law, a lawyer, jurist, jurisconsult (only post-class.), Dig. 38, 15, 2 fin.; 1, 2, 2; 1, 1, 7; 40, 7, 30; Just. Inst. 1, 2.—
b. Like sciens, knowing, wise, discreet, prudent; usually connected with sciens: prudens animam de corpore mitto, Enn. ap. Non. 150, 8 (Ann. v. 216 Vahl.):
quos prudens praetereo, Hor. S. 1, 10, 88; 2, 5, 58 (cf.: imprudens praeteriisse videris, Cic. Brut. 77, 269): ibis sub furcam prudens, Hor. S. 2, 7, 66: nequidquam deus abscidit Prudens Oceano terras, id. C. 1, 3, 22; 3, 29, 29; Ov. M. 3, 364: an prudens imprudensve rupisset, Gell. 20, 1, 34.—With sciens: amore ardeo: et prudens, sciens, Vivus vidensque pereo, Ter. Eun. 1, 1, 27: ut in fabulis Amphiaraus sic ego prudens et sciens ad pestem ante oculos positam sum profectus, Cic. Fam. 6, 6, 6; Cael. ap. Cic. Att. 10, 9, A, 5; Suet. Ner. 2 fin.—B. In gen., sagacious, sensible, intelligent, clever, judicious, etc. (very freq.):
vir naturā peracutus et prudens, Cic. Or. 5, 18: quis P. Octavio ingenio prudentior, jure peritior, id. Clu. 38, 107: prudentem et, ut ita dicam, catum, id. Leg. 1, 16, 45: in existimando admodum prudens, id. Brut. 68, 239; cf.: prudentissimi in disserendo, id. ib. 31, 118: virum ad consilia prudentem, id. Font. 15, 43: quo nemo prudentior, id. Lael. 1, 5: homines amicissimi ac prudentissimi, id. Rep. 1, 46, 10: vir bonus et prudens, Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 32; cf. id. A. P. 445: si divitiae prudentem reddere possent, id. Ep. 2, 2, 155: prudentior ille consilio, hic animo magnificentior, Just. 9, 8, 13.—With adverb. acc.: prudens alia, Amm. 15, 13, 2.—Of abstract things: prudens, temperata, fortis, justa ratio, Cic. Fin. 5, 21, 58: prudens animi sententia, Ov. H. 21, 137: consilium, quod si non fuerit prudens, Balb. ap. Cic. Att. 9, 7, A, 1; Ov. M. 13, 433: prudentissimum consilium, Nep. Eum. 3, 4; Hirt. B. Alex. 24. —C. Cautious, circumspect (very rare):
malebant me nimium timidum quam satis prudentem existimari, Cic. Fam. 4, 14, 2.— Hence, adv.: prūdenter, sagaciously, intelligently, discreetly, wisely, skilfully, learnedly, prudently, etc.: loqui, Enn. ap. Gell. 12, 4, 4 (Ann. v. 255 Vahl.): facere, Cic. Fin. 5, 6, 15; cf. id. Rep. 3, 9, 16: rationem excogitare, id. ib. 2, 12, 23: multa ab eo prudenter disputata, id. Lael. 1, 1: multa provisa prudenter, id. ib. 2, 6.—Comp., Aug. in Suet. Tib. 21; Quint. 9, 2, 44.—Sup.: defendere, Cic. Div. 2, 72, 150: scribere, id. Att. 13, 1, 1; Val. Max. 3, 3, 4 ext. 4.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
prūdēns entis, adj. with comp. and sup.
for providens, foreseeing, foreknowing : quos prudentīs possumus dicere, id est providentīs: satisque prudens oti vitia negotio discuti, aware , Cu.— Knowing, skilled, skilful, experienced, versed, practised : ceterarum rerum: rei militaris, N.: locorum, L.: animus rerum, H.: adulandi gens prudentissima, Iu.: in iure civili: prudens anus Novemdialīs dissipare pulveres, H.— With knowledge, deliberate : quos prudens praetereo, H.: amore ardeo, et prudens sciens, Vivus vidensque pereo, T.: sic ego prudens et sciens ad pestem ante oculos positam sum profectus.— Knowing, wise, discreet, prudent, sagacious, sensible, intelligent, clever, judicious : tribunus plebis: prudentissimus senex: Octavio ingenio prudentior: vir ad consilia: Illa deam longo prudens sermone tenebat, O.: malim videri nimis timidus quam parum prudens, circumspect : prudentissimum (consilium), N.
Origins
Contracted form of prōvidēns.
Descendants
- Catalanprudent
- Englishprudent
- Frenchprudent
- Italianprudente
- Occitanprudent
- Portugueseprudente
- Romanianprudent
- Spanishprudente
- Galicianprudente
- Piedmonteseprudent
In English words that came into English from prūdēns
- prudenceprūdentia
- prudentprūdēns
- prudentialprudentia