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1 prōspicientia
prōspicientia ae, f [prospicio], foresight, forethought, precaution: vigilia et prospicientia. -
2 prospicientia
prōspĭcĭentĭa, ae, f. [prospicio].I.Foresight, forethought, precaution:* II.vigilia et prospicientia,
Cic. Phil. 7, 7, 19; Ambros. Off. 1, 21: Creatoris, id. Hexaëm. 3, 9.— -
3 vigilia
I.Lit.A.In gen., wakefulness, sleeplessness, a lying awake:B.ut neque vigilia praecesserit neque ventris resolutio,
Cels. 2, 6:corporum robora nocturnā vigiliā minuere,
id. 1 init.:cui non sunt auditae Demosthenis vigiliae?
Cic. Tusc. 4, 19, 44; id. Par. prooem. § 5.—In partic.1.Lit., a keeping awake for the security of a place, esp. of a city or camp, a watching, watch, guard (cf.:b.excubiae, statio): noctu vigilias agere ad aedes sacras,
Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 43, § 93:vestra tecta custodiis vigiliisque defendite,
id. Cat. 2, 12, 26:exercitus stationibus vigiliisque fessus,
Liv. 5, 48, 6:vigiles scutum in vigiliam ferre vetuit,
to take on guard, id. 44, 33, 8:vigiliarum nocturnarum curam per urbem magistratibus mandavimus,
id. 39, 16, 12.—Transf.(α).A watch, i. e. the time of keeping watch by night, among the Romans a fourth part of the night:(β).nox in quattuor vigilias dividitur, quae singulae trium horarum spatio supputantur,
Hier. Ep. 140, 8:primā vigiliā capite arma frequentes,
Liv. 5, 44, 7; 10, 34, 13; 21, 27, 2:cum puer tuus ad me secundā fere vigiliā venisset,
Cic. Fam. 3, 7, 4:de tertiā vigiliā,
Caes. B. G. 1, 12:tertiā vigiliā,
id. ib. 2, 33; Liv. 9, 44, 10:de quartā vigiliā,
Caes. B. G. 1, 40.—The watch, i. e. those standing on guard, watchmen, sentinels:2.milites disponit, non certis spatiis intermissis sed perpetuis vigiliis stationibusque,
Caes. B. C. 1, 21; 2, 19; Cic. Mil. 25, 67; Sall. C. 32, 1; id. J. 45, 2; 100, 4; Liv. 39, 14, 10.—A watching at religious festivals, nightly vigils:II.Cereris vigiliae,
Plaut. Aul. prol. 36; 4, 10, 65.—Trop., watchfulness, vigilance (the figure taken from military sentinels; perh. only in the foll. passages;whereas vigilantia is far more freq.): ut vacuum metu populum Romanum nostrā vigiliā et prospicientiā redderemus,
Cic. Phil. 7, 7, 19; cf.:quasi in vigiliā quādam consulari ac senatoriā,
id. ib. 1, 1, 1: cupio jam vigiliam meam, Brute, tibi tradere: sed ita, ut ne desim constantiae meae, my post, i. e. my office, duty, id. Fam. 11, 24, 1.— Plur.: cum summis vigiliis aliquid perficere, Just. Inst. prooem. § 1.
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Prospicience — Pro*spi cience, n. [L. prospicientia, fr. prospiciens, p. pr. of prospicere. See {Prospect}.] The act of looking forward. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
prospicience — noun seeing ahead; knowing in advance; foreseeing • Syn: ↑prevision, ↑foresight, ↑farsightedness • Derivationally related forms: ↑prospicient, ↑farsighted (for: ↑farsightedness … Useful english dictionary