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  • 21 improvidentia

    imprōvĭdentĭa ( inpr-), ae, f. [improvidus], want of foresight, improvidence (post-class.):

    improvidentia sententias vertere,

    Tert. adv. Marc. 2, 23.

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  • 22 imprudens

    imprūdens ( inpr-), entis, adj. [2. inprudens], not foreseeing, not anticipating or expecting, without knowing, unaware, ignorant, inconsiderate, inadvertent, imprudent (class.; syn.: inconsideratus, incautus, improvidus).
    (α).
    Absol.:

    equites missi nocte iter conficiunt, imprudentes atque inopinantes hostes aggrediuntur,

    Caes. B. C. 2, 38, 4; cf. id. ib. 2, 6, 3:

    equites imprudentibus omnibus de improviso advolasse,

    Hirt. B. G. 8, 36, 3; Caes. B. G. 3, 29, 1; id. B. C. 2, 3, 1; id. B. G. 5, 15, 3:

    haec omnia imprudente L. Sulla facta esse certe scio,

    without the knowledge of, Cic. Rosc. Am. 8, 21:

    scripsi etiam illud quodam in libello, qui me imprudente et invito excidit,

    id. de Or. 1, 21, 94:

    namque tu me inprudentem obrepseris,

    Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 22:

    plus hodie boni feci imprudens quam sciens ante hunc diem umquam,

    unconsciously, Ter. Hec. 5, 4, 40; cf. id. Heaut. 4, 1, 20:

    adulescens,

    inexperienced, id. Eun. 3, 1, 40:

    probe horum facta imprudens depinxit senex,

    without knowing it, id. Phorm. 2, 1, 38:

    ut mihi imprudens M. Servilium praeterisse videare,

    Cic. Brut. 77, 269 (cf. the opp. prudens praetereo, Hor. S. 1, 10, 88):

    qua (definitione) tu etiam imprudens utebare nonnumquam,

    Cic. Fin. 2, 2, 5:

    quod ex prima statim fronte dijudicare imprudentium est,

    Quint. 12, 7, 8; 7, 1, 40:

    numquam imprudentibus imber Obfuit, i. e. ignaris,

    Verg. G. 1, 373 Serv. — Transf., of inanim. and abstr. things:

    non imprudens consilium, si aditum haberet,

    Petr. 102, 3: ne casu inprudentes suae naves in classem adversariorum inciderent, Auct. B. Afr. 11, 4.— Comp.:

    quicquid horum ab imprudentioribus fiet (fieri autem nisi ab imprudentibus non potest), neglegendum,

    Sen. Const. Sap. 19.— Sup.:

    multa facit (sapiens), quae ab imprudentissimis aut aeque fieri videmus aut peritius aut exercitatius,

    Sen. Ep. 90, 33; id. Const. Sap. 19, 1.—
    (β).
    With gen.:

    imprudentes legis,

    ignorant, Cic. Inv. 2, 31, 95:

    religionis,

    Liv. 31, 14, 7:

    maris,

    id. 34, 9, 9:

    aetatum,

    Quint. 1, 1, 20.—Of inanim. and abstr. things:

    frons tenera imprudensque laborum,

    that has not experienced, Verg. G. 2, 372:

    antiquitatis imprudens consuetudo,

    Col. 3, 18, 1.—
    * (γ).
    With an object-clause:

    non imprudens usurum eum rabie, qua, etc.,

    Curt. 8, 8.—Hence, imprūdenter ( inpr-), adv., without foresight, unknowingly, ignorantly, inconsiderately, imprudently: etsi te nihil temere, nihil imprudenter facturum judicaram, [p. 910] Caes. ap. Cic. Att. 10, 8, B, 1; Cic. Ac. 1, 6, 22:

    facere,

    Nep. Han. 2, 6:

    (Codrus) imprudenter rixam ciens interemptus est,

    Vell. 1, 2, 1.— Comp.:

    ad flammam accessit imprudentius,

    Ter. And. 1, 1, 103.

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  • 23 imprudenter

    imprūdens ( inpr-), entis, adj. [2. inprudens], not foreseeing, not anticipating or expecting, without knowing, unaware, ignorant, inconsiderate, inadvertent, imprudent (class.; syn.: inconsideratus, incautus, improvidus).
    (α).
    Absol.:

    equites missi nocte iter conficiunt, imprudentes atque inopinantes hostes aggrediuntur,

    Caes. B. C. 2, 38, 4; cf. id. ib. 2, 6, 3:

    equites imprudentibus omnibus de improviso advolasse,

    Hirt. B. G. 8, 36, 3; Caes. B. G. 3, 29, 1; id. B. C. 2, 3, 1; id. B. G. 5, 15, 3:

    haec omnia imprudente L. Sulla facta esse certe scio,

    without the knowledge of, Cic. Rosc. Am. 8, 21:

    scripsi etiam illud quodam in libello, qui me imprudente et invito excidit,

    id. de Or. 1, 21, 94:

    namque tu me inprudentem obrepseris,

    Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 22:

    plus hodie boni feci imprudens quam sciens ante hunc diem umquam,

    unconsciously, Ter. Hec. 5, 4, 40; cf. id. Heaut. 4, 1, 20:

    adulescens,

    inexperienced, id. Eun. 3, 1, 40:

    probe horum facta imprudens depinxit senex,

    without knowing it, id. Phorm. 2, 1, 38:

    ut mihi imprudens M. Servilium praeterisse videare,

    Cic. Brut. 77, 269 (cf. the opp. prudens praetereo, Hor. S. 1, 10, 88):

    qua (definitione) tu etiam imprudens utebare nonnumquam,

    Cic. Fin. 2, 2, 5:

    quod ex prima statim fronte dijudicare imprudentium est,

    Quint. 12, 7, 8; 7, 1, 40:

    numquam imprudentibus imber Obfuit, i. e. ignaris,

    Verg. G. 1, 373 Serv. — Transf., of inanim. and abstr. things:

    non imprudens consilium, si aditum haberet,

    Petr. 102, 3: ne casu inprudentes suae naves in classem adversariorum inciderent, Auct. B. Afr. 11, 4.— Comp.:

    quicquid horum ab imprudentioribus fiet (fieri autem nisi ab imprudentibus non potest), neglegendum,

    Sen. Const. Sap. 19.— Sup.:

    multa facit (sapiens), quae ab imprudentissimis aut aeque fieri videmus aut peritius aut exercitatius,

    Sen. Ep. 90, 33; id. Const. Sap. 19, 1.—
    (β).
    With gen.:

    imprudentes legis,

    ignorant, Cic. Inv. 2, 31, 95:

    religionis,

    Liv. 31, 14, 7:

    maris,

    id. 34, 9, 9:

    aetatum,

    Quint. 1, 1, 20.—Of inanim. and abstr. things:

    frons tenera imprudensque laborum,

    that has not experienced, Verg. G. 2, 372:

    antiquitatis imprudens consuetudo,

    Col. 3, 18, 1.—
    * (γ).
    With an object-clause:

    non imprudens usurum eum rabie, qua, etc.,

    Curt. 8, 8.—Hence, imprūdenter ( inpr-), adv., without foresight, unknowingly, ignorantly, inconsiderately, imprudently: etsi te nihil temere, nihil imprudenter facturum judicaram, [p. 910] Caes. ap. Cic. Att. 10, 8, B, 1; Cic. Ac. 1, 6, 22:

    facere,

    Nep. Han. 2, 6:

    (Codrus) imprudenter rixam ciens interemptus est,

    Vell. 1, 2, 1.— Comp.:

    ad flammam accessit imprudentius,

    Ter. And. 1, 1, 103.

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  • 24 imprudentia

    imprūdentĭa ( inpr-), ae, f. [imprudens], want of foresight or of knowledge, inconsiderateness, imprudence, ignorance, inadvertence:

    tantusque ab imprudentia eventus utraque castra tenuit pavor,

    Liv. 4, 39, 6:

    quo modo prudentia esset, nisi foret contra imprudentia?

    Gell. 6, 1, 4:

    propter imprudentiam, ut ignosceretur, petiverunt... ignoscere imprudentiae dixit, etc.,

    Caes. B. G. 4, 27, 4 sq.; 5, 3, 6; 7, 29, 4; id. B. C. 3, 112, 3; cf. Ter. Eun. prol. 27:

    imprudentia est, cum scisse aliquid is, qui arguitur, negatur,

    Cic. Inv. 2, 31, 95; 1, 27, 41:

    locorum,

    Petr. 79:

    qui perperam judicassent, quod saepe per imprudentiam fit,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 23, § 57:

    inculcamus per imprudentiam saepe etiam minus usitatos (versus in oratione), sed tamen versus,

    id. Or. 56, 189:

    in quo ne per imprudentiam quidem errare potest, etc.,

    id. Fam. 3, 10, 9; cf. Quint. 1, 5, 53:

    imprudentia teli emissi brevius propriis verbis exponi non potuit,

    aimlessness, want of purpose, Cic. de Or. 3, 39, 158.

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  • 25 incautela

    incautēla, ae, f. [incautus], want of foresight, incautiousness (late Lat.): per incautelam deperire, Salvian. Gub. D. 6 med.

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  • 26 inprovidentia

    imprōvĭdentĭa ( inpr-), ae, f. [improvidus], want of foresight, improvidence (post-class.):

    improvidentia sententias vertere,

    Tert. adv. Marc. 2, 23.

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  • 27 inprudens

    imprūdens ( inpr-), entis, adj. [2. inprudens], not foreseeing, not anticipating or expecting, without knowing, unaware, ignorant, inconsiderate, inadvertent, imprudent (class.; syn.: inconsideratus, incautus, improvidus).
    (α).
    Absol.:

    equites missi nocte iter conficiunt, imprudentes atque inopinantes hostes aggrediuntur,

    Caes. B. C. 2, 38, 4; cf. id. ib. 2, 6, 3:

    equites imprudentibus omnibus de improviso advolasse,

    Hirt. B. G. 8, 36, 3; Caes. B. G. 3, 29, 1; id. B. C. 2, 3, 1; id. B. G. 5, 15, 3:

    haec omnia imprudente L. Sulla facta esse certe scio,

    without the knowledge of, Cic. Rosc. Am. 8, 21:

    scripsi etiam illud quodam in libello, qui me imprudente et invito excidit,

    id. de Or. 1, 21, 94:

    namque tu me inprudentem obrepseris,

    Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 22:

    plus hodie boni feci imprudens quam sciens ante hunc diem umquam,

    unconsciously, Ter. Hec. 5, 4, 40; cf. id. Heaut. 4, 1, 20:

    adulescens,

    inexperienced, id. Eun. 3, 1, 40:

    probe horum facta imprudens depinxit senex,

    without knowing it, id. Phorm. 2, 1, 38:

    ut mihi imprudens M. Servilium praeterisse videare,

    Cic. Brut. 77, 269 (cf. the opp. prudens praetereo, Hor. S. 1, 10, 88):

    qua (definitione) tu etiam imprudens utebare nonnumquam,

    Cic. Fin. 2, 2, 5:

    quod ex prima statim fronte dijudicare imprudentium est,

    Quint. 12, 7, 8; 7, 1, 40:

    numquam imprudentibus imber Obfuit, i. e. ignaris,

    Verg. G. 1, 373 Serv. — Transf., of inanim. and abstr. things:

    non imprudens consilium, si aditum haberet,

    Petr. 102, 3: ne casu inprudentes suae naves in classem adversariorum inciderent, Auct. B. Afr. 11, 4.— Comp.:

    quicquid horum ab imprudentioribus fiet (fieri autem nisi ab imprudentibus non potest), neglegendum,

    Sen. Const. Sap. 19.— Sup.:

    multa facit (sapiens), quae ab imprudentissimis aut aeque fieri videmus aut peritius aut exercitatius,

    Sen. Ep. 90, 33; id. Const. Sap. 19, 1.—
    (β).
    With gen.:

    imprudentes legis,

    ignorant, Cic. Inv. 2, 31, 95:

    religionis,

    Liv. 31, 14, 7:

    maris,

    id. 34, 9, 9:

    aetatum,

    Quint. 1, 1, 20.—Of inanim. and abstr. things:

    frons tenera imprudensque laborum,

    that has not experienced, Verg. G. 2, 372:

    antiquitatis imprudens consuetudo,

    Col. 3, 18, 1.—
    * (γ).
    With an object-clause:

    non imprudens usurum eum rabie, qua, etc.,

    Curt. 8, 8.—Hence, imprūdenter ( inpr-), adv., without foresight, unknowingly, ignorantly, inconsiderately, imprudently: etsi te nihil temere, nihil imprudenter facturum judicaram, [p. 910] Caes. ap. Cic. Att. 10, 8, B, 1; Cic. Ac. 1, 6, 22:

    facere,

    Nep. Han. 2, 6:

    (Codrus) imprudenter rixam ciens interemptus est,

    Vell. 1, 2, 1.— Comp.:

    ad flammam accessit imprudentius,

    Ter. And. 1, 1, 103.

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  • 28 inprudenter

    imprūdens ( inpr-), entis, adj. [2. inprudens], not foreseeing, not anticipating or expecting, without knowing, unaware, ignorant, inconsiderate, inadvertent, imprudent (class.; syn.: inconsideratus, incautus, improvidus).
    (α).
    Absol.:

    equites missi nocte iter conficiunt, imprudentes atque inopinantes hostes aggrediuntur,

    Caes. B. C. 2, 38, 4; cf. id. ib. 2, 6, 3:

    equites imprudentibus omnibus de improviso advolasse,

    Hirt. B. G. 8, 36, 3; Caes. B. G. 3, 29, 1; id. B. C. 2, 3, 1; id. B. G. 5, 15, 3:

    haec omnia imprudente L. Sulla facta esse certe scio,

    without the knowledge of, Cic. Rosc. Am. 8, 21:

    scripsi etiam illud quodam in libello, qui me imprudente et invito excidit,

    id. de Or. 1, 21, 94:

    namque tu me inprudentem obrepseris,

    Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 22:

    plus hodie boni feci imprudens quam sciens ante hunc diem umquam,

    unconsciously, Ter. Hec. 5, 4, 40; cf. id. Heaut. 4, 1, 20:

    adulescens,

    inexperienced, id. Eun. 3, 1, 40:

    probe horum facta imprudens depinxit senex,

    without knowing it, id. Phorm. 2, 1, 38:

    ut mihi imprudens M. Servilium praeterisse videare,

    Cic. Brut. 77, 269 (cf. the opp. prudens praetereo, Hor. S. 1, 10, 88):

    qua (definitione) tu etiam imprudens utebare nonnumquam,

    Cic. Fin. 2, 2, 5:

    quod ex prima statim fronte dijudicare imprudentium est,

    Quint. 12, 7, 8; 7, 1, 40:

    numquam imprudentibus imber Obfuit, i. e. ignaris,

    Verg. G. 1, 373 Serv. — Transf., of inanim. and abstr. things:

    non imprudens consilium, si aditum haberet,

    Petr. 102, 3: ne casu inprudentes suae naves in classem adversariorum inciderent, Auct. B. Afr. 11, 4.— Comp.:

    quicquid horum ab imprudentioribus fiet (fieri autem nisi ab imprudentibus non potest), neglegendum,

    Sen. Const. Sap. 19.— Sup.:

    multa facit (sapiens), quae ab imprudentissimis aut aeque fieri videmus aut peritius aut exercitatius,

    Sen. Ep. 90, 33; id. Const. Sap. 19, 1.—
    (β).
    With gen.:

    imprudentes legis,

    ignorant, Cic. Inv. 2, 31, 95:

    religionis,

    Liv. 31, 14, 7:

    maris,

    id. 34, 9, 9:

    aetatum,

    Quint. 1, 1, 20.—Of inanim. and abstr. things:

    frons tenera imprudensque laborum,

    that has not experienced, Verg. G. 2, 372:

    antiquitatis imprudens consuetudo,

    Col. 3, 18, 1.—
    * (γ).
    With an object-clause:

    non imprudens usurum eum rabie, qua, etc.,

    Curt. 8, 8.—Hence, imprūdenter ( inpr-), adv., without foresight, unknowingly, ignorantly, inconsiderately, imprudently: etsi te nihil temere, nihil imprudenter facturum judicaram, [p. 910] Caes. ap. Cic. Att. 10, 8, B, 1; Cic. Ac. 1, 6, 22:

    facere,

    Nep. Han. 2, 6:

    (Codrus) imprudenter rixam ciens interemptus est,

    Vell. 1, 2, 1.— Comp.:

    ad flammam accessit imprudentius,

    Ter. And. 1, 1, 103.

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  • 29 inprudentia

    imprūdentĭa ( inpr-), ae, f. [imprudens], want of foresight or of knowledge, inconsiderateness, imprudence, ignorance, inadvertence:

    tantusque ab imprudentia eventus utraque castra tenuit pavor,

    Liv. 4, 39, 6:

    quo modo prudentia esset, nisi foret contra imprudentia?

    Gell. 6, 1, 4:

    propter imprudentiam, ut ignosceretur, petiverunt... ignoscere imprudentiae dixit, etc.,

    Caes. B. G. 4, 27, 4 sq.; 5, 3, 6; 7, 29, 4; id. B. C. 3, 112, 3; cf. Ter. Eun. prol. 27:

    imprudentia est, cum scisse aliquid is, qui arguitur, negatur,

    Cic. Inv. 2, 31, 95; 1, 27, 41:

    locorum,

    Petr. 79:

    qui perperam judicassent, quod saepe per imprudentiam fit,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 23, § 57:

    inculcamus per imprudentiam saepe etiam minus usitatos (versus in oratione), sed tamen versus,

    id. Or. 56, 189:

    in quo ne per imprudentiam quidem errare potest, etc.,

    id. Fam. 3, 10, 9; cf. Quint. 1, 5, 53:

    imprudentia teli emissi brevius propriis verbis exponi non potuit,

    aimlessness, want of purpose, Cic. de Or. 3, 39, 158.

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  • 30 obsidium

    1.
    obsĭdĭum, ĭi, n. [obsideo], a siege, investment, blockade (mostly ante-class. and post-Aug. for obsidio; not in Cic. or Cæs.; but cf. obsidio).
    I.
    Lit.:

    obsidium dictum ab obsidendo, quominus hostis egredi posset inde,

    Varr. L. L. 5, § 90 Müll.: obsidium, tam quam praesidium, subsidium, recte dicitur, Paul. ex Fest. p. 193 Müll.: saevo obsidio premere aliquem, Enn. ap. Non. 216, 29 (Ann. v. 28 Vahl.):

    obsidium facere Ilio,

    Plaut. Bacch. 4, 9, 24:

    obsidio circumdare,

    Tac. A. 13, 41:

    obsidium urgere,

    id. H. 4, 28; Flor. 4, 4, 4; Gell. 15, 31, 1; Amm. 20, 7, 3:

    ad liberandum Mogontiaci obsidium,

    Tac. H. 4, 37.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    A waylaying, an ambush:

    obsidia hominum aut insidiosorum animalium,

    Col. 8, 2, 7.—
    B.
    Attention, foresight:

    curatoris,

    Col. 9, 9, 1; cf. obsidio.—
    C.
    Danger:

    tuo tergo obsidium adesse,

    Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 64.
    2.
    obsĭdĭum, ĭi, n. [obses], the condition of a hostage, hostageship (Tacitean):

    Meherdates obsidio nobis datus,

    Tac. A. 11, 10.

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  • 31 prospectus

    1.
    prospectus, a, um, Part., from prospicio.
    2.
    prospectus, ūs, m. [prospicio].
    I.
    Lit., a lookout, distant view, prospect (class.):

    sterilis prospectus,

    Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 15:

    cum saepibus prospectus impediretur,

    Caes. B. G. 2, 22; cf. Sall. J. 53, 1:

    non prospectu modo extra vallum adempto, sed propinquo etiam congredientium inter se conspectu,

    Liv. 10, 32:

    petere prospectum ex arce,

    Cat. 64, 241:

    habere prospectum in praeceps,

    Vulg. 2 Macc. 13, 5.—
    B.
    Transf.
    1.
    Sight, view:

    aliquem in prospectum populi Romani producere,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 47, § 122:

    cum jam extremi essent in prospectu,

    to be in sight, Caes. B. G. 5, 10; cf. Hirt. B. Afr. 62:

    lugubris,

    Tac. H. 1, 4:

    praeclarus,

    Cic. Ac. 2, 25, 80:

    praebere prospectum navium,

    Liv. 27, 23:

    prospectum eripiens oculis,

    Verg. A. 8, 254.—
    2.
    Poet., sight, vision:

    late Aequora prospectu metior,

    Ov. H. 10, 28.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    Regard, respect (post-class.):

    cujus rationem prospectumque Bias non habuit,

    Gell. 5, 11, 10; so,

    prospectum officii deponere,

    Val. Max. 5, 1, 3 ext. —
    B.
    Foresight (eccl. Lat.):

    humanus prospectus,

    Tert. Spect. 1.

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  • 32 prospicientia

    prōspĭcĭentĭa, ae, f. [prospicio].
    I.
    Foresight, forethought, precaution:

    vigilia et prospicientia,

    Cic. Phil. 7, 7, 19; Ambros. Off. 1, 21: Creatoris, id. Hexaëm. 3, 9.—
    * II.
    A view; hence, an appearance, shape, form, Tert. adv. Val. 26.

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  • 33 provisio

    prōvīsĭo, ōnis, f. [provideo].
    I.
    A foreseeing, foreknowing:

    provisio animi,

    Cic. Tusc. 3, 14, 30.—
    II.
    Foresight, providence:

    genus longā animi provisione fugiendum,

    Cic. Or. 56, 189.—
    III.
    Forethought, precaution for a thing:

    posteri temporis,

    Cic. Part. 20, 69: annonaria, i. e. a providing with provisions, purveying, Treb. XXX. Tyrann. 18.—
    2.
    Hindrance, prevention of a thing:

    horum incommodorum una cautio est atque una provisio, ut, etc.,

    Cic. Lael. 21, 78.

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  • foresight — ► NOUN 1) ability to predict the future. 2) the application of care and attention to the likely outcome of something or to future needs. 3) the front sight of a gun. DERIVATIVES foresighted adjective …   English terms dictionary

  • foresight — [fôr′sīt΄] n. [ME, prob. transl. of L providentia] 1. a) the act of foreseeing b) the power to foresee 2. a looking forward 3. thoughtful regard or provision for the future; prudent forethought foresighted adj. foresightedly …   English World dictionary

  • Foresight — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Foresight >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 foresight foresight prospicience prevision long sightedness Sgm: N 1 anticipation anticipation Sgm: N 1 providence providence &c.(preparation) 673 GRP: N 2 Sgm: N 2 …   English dictionary for students

  • foresight — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ considerable, great ▪ perfect (esp. AmE) VERB + FORESIGHT ▪ have ▪ He had the foresight to bring in the chairs before the rain started …   Collocations dictionary

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