Latin

Verb

prōvideō ‎(present infinitive prōvidēre, perfect active prōvīdī, supine prōvīsum); second conjugation

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

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Descendants

• English: provide, purvey, prudence
• French: pourvoir
• Italian: provvedere
• Portuguese: prover
• Spanish: proveer

References

• provideo in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• provideo in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “provideo”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to foresee the future: futura providere (not praevidere)
    
  • to look after the commissariat: rem frumentariam comparare, providere
    
  • to provide corn-supplies for the troops: frumentum providere exercitui