praevidentia

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [prae̯.wɪˈdɛn.ti.a]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [pre.viˈdɛn.t͡si.a]

From praevidēns +‎ -ia.

praevidentia f (genitive praevidentiae); first declension (Late Latin)

1. synonym of prōvidentia. foresight, foreknowledge
   • 524, Boethius, De consolatione philosophiae (CSEL; 67), published 1934, 5.6.16–17, page 124, lines 4–9:

     Itaque si praevidentiam pensare velis, qua cuncta dinoscit, non esse praescientiam, quasi futuri, sed scientiam numquam deficientis instantiae rectius aestimabis. Unde non praevidentia, sed providentia potius dicitur, quod porro a rebus infimis constituta quasi ab excelso rerum cacumine cuncta prospiciat.

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First-declension noun, singular only.

• → Italian: previdenza
• → Portuguese: previdência

• “praevidentia”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

praevidentia

1. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural of praevidēns