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{{LaEn
|lnetxt=prudens prudentis (gen.), prudentior -or -us, prudentissimus -a -um ADJ :: aware, skilled; sensible, prudent; farseeing; experienced
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{{Lewis
|lshtext=<b>prūdens</b>: entis, adj. contr. from [[providens]].<br /><b>I</b> 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.—<br /><b>II</b> Transf.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> Knowing, [[skilled]], experienced, versed, [[practised]] in a [[thing]] ([[class]].; syn.: [[peritus]], [[consultus]]); constr. [[with]] gen. or in; [[poet]]. and [[post]]-Aug. also [[with]] inf.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(a)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 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.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(b)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; With in: [[prudens]] in jure civili, Cic. Lael. 2, 6.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(g)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 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.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; In partic.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>a</b> 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.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>b</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.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</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. —<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>C</b> 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.
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{{Gaffiot
|gf=<b>prūdēns</b>,⁹ [[tis]] ([[providens]]),<br /><b>1</b> qui prévoit, qui sait d’avance, qui agit en connaissance de cause : Cic. Div. 2, 111 ; Plin. 8, 136 ; [[prudens]] et [[sciens]] Cic. Marc. 14, de [[propos]] délibéré et sciemment, cf. Cic. Fam. 6, 6, 6 ; Hor. S. 1, 10, 88 ; 2, 5, 58<br /><b>2</b> qui connaît, au courant, compétent ; [[orator]] [[prudens]] et [[providus]] Cic. Part. 15, l’orateur expérimenté et prévoyant ; in [[jure]] civili Cic. Læl. 6, compétent en matière de droit civil &#124;&#124; [avec gén.] juris [[prudens]] Dig., jurisconsulte ; belli Sall. H. 4, 19, 16, rompu à l’art de la guerre ; [[rei]] [[militaris]] Nep. Con. 1, 2, qui a la science des choses militaires ; locorum Liv. 34, 28, 11, ayant la connaissance du pays &#124;&#124; [avec inf.] [[prudens]] dissipare... Hor. Epo. 17, 47, qui sait disperser...; [avec prop. inf.] sachant bien que : Curt. 7, 1, 4 ; Plin. 8, 111 ; Dig.<br /><b>3</b> prudent, réfléchi, sagace, avisé : [[vir]] [[natura]] [[peracutus]] et [[prudens]] Cic. Or. 18, homme naturellement plein de pénétration et de sagacité ; in disserendo prudentissimi Cic. Br. 118, très habiles dans la dialectique &#124;&#124; [avec gén. du point de vue] : ceterarum rerum [[prudens]] Cic. Quinct. 11, pour le reste homme avisé &#124;&#124; ad consilia [[prudens]] Cic. Font. 43, sage dans les entreprises &#124;&#124; [[consilium]] [[prudens]] Cic. Att. 10, 8, 2, [[parti]] prudent.||[avec gén.] juris [[prudens]] Dig., jurisconsulte ; belli Sall. H. 4, 19, 16, rompu à l’art de la guerre ; [[rei]] [[militaris]] Nep. Con. 1, 2, qui a la science des choses militaires ; locorum Liv. 34, 28, 11, ayant la connaissance du pays||[avec inf.] [[prudens]] dissipare... Hor. Epo. 17, 47, qui sait disperser...; [avec prop. inf.] sachant bien que : Curt. 7, 1, 4 ; Plin. 8, 111 ; Dig.<br /><b>3</b> prudent, réfléchi, sagace, avisé : [[vir]] [[natura]] [[peracutus]] et [[prudens]] Cic. Or. 18, homme naturellement plein de pénétration et de sagacité ; in disserendo prudentissimi Cic. Br. 118, très habiles dans la dialectique||[avec gén. du point de vue] : ceterarum rerum [[prudens]] Cic. Quinct. 11, pour le reste homme avisé||ad consilia [[prudens]] Cic. Font. 43, sage dans les entreprises||[[consilium]] [[prudens]] Cic. Att. 10, 8, 2, [[parti]] prudent.
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{{Georges
|georg=prūdēns, entis (zsgz. aus [[providens]]), gleichs. voreinsichtig, I) Partic. = [[wissentlich]], [[mit]] [[Wissen]], [[mit]] [[Vorbedacht]], quos [[prudens]] [[praetereo]], Hor. – gew. verb. [[mit]] [[sciens]], [[wie]] [[prudens]] et [[sciens]] ad pestem [[sum]] [[profectus]], Cic.: [[quod]] [[sibi]] [[prudens]] ac [[sciens]] [[minus]] noxium temperasset, Suet.: ne te [[sciens]] prudensque eo demittas, [[unde]] etc., Cael. in Cic. ep.: u. asyndetisch, [[prudens]] [[sciens]] [[pereo]], Ter. – II) Adi.: A) [[etwas]] [[deutlich]] kennend, [[wohl]] wissend, [[mit]] hellem [[Blick]] in [[etwas]], [[mit]] [[etwas]] [[wohl]] [[bekannt]], [[einer]] [[Sache]] [[kundig]], in etw. [[erfahren]], a) m. Genet.: multarum veterum legum, Enn.: belli, Sall. fr.: [[rei]] [[militaris]], Nep.: litterarum ad elegantiam, [[wissenschaftlich]] [[fein]] [[gebildet]], Aur. Vict.: locorum, Liv.: [[non]] [[solum]] agricolationis [[sed]] universae naturae, Colum.: animorum provinciae, Tac.: prudentiores rerum rusticarum, Colum.: moderandi, Tac.: adulandi [[gens]] prudentissima, Iuven. – subst., iuris prudentes, die Rechtskundigen, -gelehrten, ICt. – b) m. folg. Infin. od. Acc. u. Infin.: [[nec]] in sepulcris pauperum [[prudens]] [[anus]] novendiales dissipare pulveres, Hor. epod. 17, 47 sq.: [[satis]] [[prudens]], otii vitia negotio discuti, Curt. 7, 1, 4: ob ea se peti [[prudens]], Plin. 8, 111: [[prudens]] hanc (urinam) [[quoque]] exitialem (sc. [[esse]]), Plin. 8, 136: verb. [[sciens]] prudensque se praegnantem [[non]] [[esse]], Ulp. dig. 25, 6, 1. § 2. – c) absol. u. [[zwar]] subst., prudentes, die Sachkundigen = die Rechtskundigen, -gelehrten, ICt. – B) prägn., [[von]] dem, der [[mit]] praktischem [[Blick]], [[mit]] [[Umsicht]] u. [[Einsicht]] die [[rechten]] [[Mittel]] zu [[wählen]] versteht, [[umsichtig]], einsichtsvoll, [[verständig]], [[klug]], [[gescheit]], [[lebensklug]], [[staatsklug]], a) absol.: [[vir]] pr. et [[acutus]], Cic.: [[nemo]] (Catone) prudentior, Cic.: [[vos]] homines amicissimi ac prudentissimi, Cic. – übtr., v. Lebl.: animi [[sententia]], Ov.: [[consilium]], Cic. u.a.: [[consilium]] prudentissimum, Nep. u. Auct. b. Alex. – b) m. allg. Genet., ceterarum rerum [[pater]] [[familias]] [[prudens]] et [[attentus]], [[ein]] in allen übrigen Stücken (= [[sonst]]) kluger u. sorgfältiger H., Cic. Quinct. 11. – c) m. in u. Abl.: pr. in iure civili, Cic.: in existimando [[admodum]] pr., Cic.: [[Stoici]] prudentissimi in disserendo, Cic. – d) m. ad u. Akk.: [[vir]] ad usum ac disciplinam [[peritus]], ad consilia [[prudens]], Cic.
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{{trml
|trtx====[[prudent]]===
Arabic: حَرِيص‎, حَكِيم‎; Egyptian Arabic: حريص‎; Bulgarian: предпазлив, благоразумен; Catalan: prudent; Chinese Mandarin: 謹慎／谨慎, 慎重; Dutch: [[voorzichtig]], [[omzichtig]], [[vooruitziend]], [[prudent]]; Esperanto: prudenta; Finnish: harkitsevainen, varovainen, viisas; French: [[prudent]]; Galician: prudente; Georgian: გონივრული, გონებადამჯდარი, წინდახედული; German: [[umsichtig]], [[vorsichtig]]; Ancient Greek: [[αἴσιμος]], [[ἀριφραδής]], [[ἀρίφρων]], [[ἀσφαλής]], [[γιγνώσκων]], [[δαΐφρων]], [[ἔμπειρος]], [[ἔμφρενος]], [[ἐμφρόνιμος]], [[ἔμφρων]], [[ἐπιλογιστικός]], [[ἐπιστήμων]], [[ἐπίφρων]], [[εὔβουλος]], [[εὐγνώμων]], [[εὐλόγιστος]], [[εὔμητις]], [[εὐπρόσκοπος]], [[εὐφρονέων]], [[ἐχέφρων]], [[κεδνός]], [[νηφάλιος]], [[νοήμων]], [[ὀρθόβουλος]], [[περιεσκεμμένος]], [[πευκάλιμος]], [[πινυτός]], [[πινυτόφρων]], [[πολύφρων]], [[προμαθής]], [[προμηθές]], [[προμηθεύς]], [[προμηθής]], [[προνοητικός]], [[πρόνοος]], [[σαόφρων]], [[σοφιστής]], [[σοφός]], [[σώφρων]], [[φρόνιμος]]; Italian: [[prudente]]; Japanese: 慎重; Latin: [[prudens]], [[cordatus]]; Macedonian: претпазлив, благоразумен, расудлив; Maori: matawhāiti; Norwegian Bokmål: aktsom; Occitan: prudent; Polish: przezorny; Portuguese: [[prudente]]; Russian: [[рассудительный]], [[благоразумный]], [[осторожный]]; Scottish Gaelic: glic; Spanish: [[prudente]]; Swedish: förtänksam; Turkish: ihtiyatlı, tedbirli, sakıngan, önlemli, sakıntılı
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