prudenter Latin · revision 32491

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=86/82 BC, Rhetorica ad Herennium|origins=ine-pro *uid-eh₁-}}

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''prūdenter''' (comparative prūdentius, superlative prūdentissimē)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|prūdēns|-ter|t1=foreseeing, wise]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) De Vaan explains [[m|la|prūdēns]] as the regular outcome of [[m|la|*prōvidēns|alt=*prowidēns]], from [[m|la|videō|t=to see]], which he traces to [[ine-pro|*uid-eh₁-|t=to see]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Köbler dates it from the ''Rhetorica ad Herennium''.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It means with practical understanding, wisely: Cicero says that no one can speak well who does not understand wisely.^(OLD 2012) It also means cautiously or discreetly, as when Curtius says that a commander pursued the fleeing enemy with more caution than eagerness.^(OLD 2012) In Medieval Latin it can mean courageously.^(Niermeyer 1976)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 86/82 BC – the ''Rhetorica ad Herennium'' uses it.^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero of wise understanding.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 1st century AD – Curtius of a cautious pursuit.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adverb===

+ # With practical understanding, [[m|en|wisely]], [[m|en|prudently]], sagaciously.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+ # [[m|en|cautiously|alt=Cautiously]], discreetly.^(OLD 2012)

+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' Courageously.^(Niermeyer 1976)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[prudens|alt=prūdēns]]

+ * [[prudentia|alt=prūdentia]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}