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{{LaEn
|lnetxt=providentia providentiae N F :: [[foresight]], [[foreknowledge]]; [[providence]]
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{{Lewis
|lshtext=<b>prōvĭdentĭa</b>: ae, f. [[provideo]].<br /><b>I</b> Foresight, [[foreknowledge]]: [[providentia]] est, per [[quam]] futurum aliquid videtur [[ante]] [[quam]] [[factum]] [[sit]], Cic. Inv. 2, 53, 160: timoris [[tormentum]] [[memoria]] reducit, [[providentia]] anticipat, Sen. Ep. 5, 9.—<br /><b>II</b> Foresight, [[forethought]], [[forecast]], [[precaution]], [[providence]] (cf. [[prudentia]]): deorum providentiā [[mundum]] administrari, Cic. Div. 1, 51, 117; cf. id. N. D. 1, 8, 18; 2, 22, 58; Quint. 11, 1, 23: alterum ex providentiā timorem afferre solet, Sall. J. 7, 5: plurimum [[tibi]] et [[usus]] et providentiae superest, Plin. Ep. 3, 19, 9: jam te [[providentia]] deorum [[primum]] in locum provexerat, id. [[Pan]]. 10, 4.—With [[object]]. gen.: [[neque]] feriendi [[neque]] declinandi [[providentia]], Tac. H. 4, 29: [[providentia]] filiorum suorum, Dig. 33, 1, 7 fin.—In plur.: agnosce bonitatem dei ex providentiis, Tert. adv. Marc. 2, 4 fin.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Transf.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The [[government]] of the [[world]] by [[infinite]] [[wisdom]] and [[foresight]], [[providence]] (post-class.): tua, Pater, [[providentia]] gubernat, Vulg. Sap. 14, 3; id. Act. 24, 2.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Providence, as a [[designation]] of the Deity ([[post]]-Aug.): vis illum (deum) providentiam dicere? recte dices, Sen. Q. N. 2, 45, 2: [[oratio]], quā [[nihil]] praestantius homini dedit [[providentia]], Quint. 1, 10, 7; 1, 12, 19; 6 praef. § 4; 5, 12, 19; 10, 1, 109; 12, 1, 2; App. M. 6, p. 179, 12.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>3</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Providentia, Providence, personified as a [[goddess]], a transl. of the Gr. Πρόνοια, Macr. S. 1, 17.
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{{Gaffiot
|gf=(1) <b>prōvĭdentĭa</b>,¹¹ æ, f. ([[provideo]]),<br /><b>1</b> prévision, connaissance de l’avenir : Cic. Inv. 2, 160<br /><b>2</b> prévoyance : deorum Cic. Nat. 1, 18, la prévoyance [[divine]], la providence, cf. 3, 58 ; Div. 1, 117 ; feriendi, declinandi [[providentia]] Tac. H. 4, 29, possibilité de prévoir en ce qui concerne l’attaque et la parade<br /><b>3</b> la Providence = Dieu : Sen. Nat. 2, 45, 2 ; Quint. 1, 10, 7 ; 10, 1, 109.
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{{Georges
|georg=prōvidentia, ae, f. ([[provideo]]), I) das [[Sehen]] in die Zukunst, die Voraussicht, Cic. u. Sen. – II) die [[Vorsehung]], [[Vorsorge]], Fürsorge, 1) eig.: deorum, Cic.: senatoria, Augustin.: [[mit]] objekt. Genet., declinandi, Tac.: filiorum suorum, [[für]] die usw., ICt.: Plur., providentiae et leges, Tert. adv. Marc. 2, 4. – 2) meton., die göttliche [[Vorsehung]] = [[Gott]], Sen. u. Quint.
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