providens

Latin

Etymology

Present participle of prōvideō. Doublet of prūdēns.

Participle

prōvidēns (genitive prōvidentis, adverb prōvidenter); third-declension one-termination participle

1. foreseeing
2. providing
3. caring for

Declension

Third-declension participle.

	singular			plural
	masc./fem.	neuter		masc./fem.	neuter
nominative	prōvidēns			prōvidentēs	prōvidentia
genitive	prōvidentis			prōvidentium
dative	prōvidentī			prōvidentibus
accusative	prōvidentem	prōvidēns		prōvidentēs prōvidentīs	prōvidentia
ablative	prōvidente prōvidentī1			prōvidentibus
vocative	prōvidēns			prōvidentēs	prōvidentia

¹When used purely as an adjective.

References

• “providens”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “providens”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• providens in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.