prodigentia
From LSJ
φιλοσοφώτερον καὶ σπουδαιότερον ποίησις ἱστορίας ἐστίν: ἡ μὲν γὰρ ποίησις μᾶλλον τὰ καθόλου, ἡ δ' ἱστορία τὰ καθ' ἕκαστον λέγει → poetry is something more scientific and serious than history, because poetry tends to give general truths while history gives particular facts
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
prōdĭgentĭa: ae, f. prodigo,
I extravagance, profusion, prodigality (Tacitean; cf.: luxuria, profusio): prodigentia opum, Tac. A. 6, 14; so (opp. avaritia) id. ib. 13, 1; 15, 37.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
prōdĭgentĭa,¹⁴ æ, f. (prodigo), prodigalité, profusion : Tac. Ann. 6, 14.
