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prudens
prudens
Latin
Adjective
prūdēns m, f, n (genitive prūdentis); third declension
Inflection
- The ablative singular also appears as prūdente.
Third declension.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | |
| nominative | prūdēns | prūdentēs | prūdentia | ||
| genitive | prūdentis | prūdentium | |||
| dative | prūdentī | prūdentibus | |||
| accusative | prūdentem | prūdēns | prūdentēs | prūdentia | |
| ablative | prūdentī | prūdentibus | |||
| vocative | prūdēns | prūdentēs | prūdentia | ||
Related terms
- prudenter (adverb)
Descendants
References
- prudens in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- prudens in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- PRUDENS in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “prudens”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
- Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- statesmen: viri rerum civilium, rei publicae gerendae periti or viri in re publica prudentes
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(ambiguous) statesmanship; political wisdom: prudentia (civilis) (De Or. 1. 19. 85)
- statesmen: viri rerum civilium, rei publicae gerendae periti or viri in re publica prudentes