providently

prō-spĭcĭo, exi, ectum, 3, v. n. and a. [specio].

Neutr., to look forward or into the distance, to look out, to look, see (class.).

In gen.: neque post respiciens, neque ante prospiciens, Varr. ap. Non. 443, 2:

parum prospiciunt oculi,

do not see well, Ter. Phorm. 5, 1, 8; Plaut. Curc. 2, 3, 38:

grues volant ad prospiciendum alte,

Plin. 10, 23, 30, § 58:

ex superioribus locis prospicere in urbem,

Caes. B. C. 2, 5:

multum,

to have an extensive prospect, Cic. Fam. 7, 20, 1:

per umbram,

Verg. A. 2, 733:

procul,

id. ib. 12, 353:

ex moenibus,

Hor. C. 3, 2, 8: longe lateque, Auct. B. Hisp. 8.—

In partic.

To look out, to watch, be on the watch:

puer ab januā prospiciens,

Nep. Hann. 12, 4:

pavorem simulans (feles) prospexit toto die,

Phaedr. 2, 4, 20:

Michol prospiciens per fenestram,

Vulg. 2 Reg. 6, 16; cf. Ambros. Off. 2, 29, 46.—

To look or see to beforehand, to exercise foresight, to look out for, take care of, provide for any thing:

ego jam prospiciam mihi,

Ter. Ad. 4, 2, 50:

consulere ac prospicere debemus, ut, etc.,

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 58, § 133:

prospicite atque consulite,

id. ib. 2, 1, 8, §

22: ut prospicias et consulas rationibus meis,

id. Fam. 3, 2, 1:

consulite vobis, prospicite patriae,

id. Cat. 4, 2, 3:

homo longe in posterum prospiciens,

id. Fam. 2, 8, 1:

ut illum intellegatis non longe animo prospexisse morientem,

id. Clu. 12, 34:

prospicite, ut, etc.,

id. Font. 17, 39:

statuebat prospiciendum, ne, etc.,

Caes. B. G. 5, 7:

in annum,

Varr. R. R. 1, 23, 3.— Impers. pass.:

senatusconsulto prospectum est, ne, etc.,

Paul. Sent. 4, 2.— Absol.: malo nos prospicere quam ulcisci, [p. 1477] Ter. Eun. 4, 6, 24:

plagae crescunt, Nisi prospicis,

id. Phorm. 5, 2, 17.—

Act., to see afar off, to discern, descry, espy.

In gen. ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

Italiam summā ab undā,

Verg. A. 6, 357:

campos Prospexit longe,

id. ib. 11, 909; Hor. C. 3, 25, 10:

moenia urbis Tarpeiā de rupe,

Luc. 1, 195:

ex speculis adventantem hostium classem,

Liv. 21, 49, 8:

ut hostium agmen inde prospicerent,

Curt. 3, 8, 26:

ex edito monte cuncta,

id. 7, 6, 4.—

Transf., of situations, to have or command a view of, look or lie towards, to overlook:

domus prospicit agros,

Hor. Ep. 1, 10, 23:

cenatio latissimum mare, amoenissimas villas prospicit,

Plin. Ep. 2, 17, 12; Plin. 5, 16, 15, § 72; Phaedr. 2, 5, 10:

freta prospiciens Tmolus,

Ov. M. 11, 150; 8, 330.—

Trop.:

aliquis infans decessit, cui nihil amplius contigit quam prospicere vitam,

to see life from a distance, to get a glimpse of, Sen. Ep. 66, 42:

turpe est seni aut prospicienti senectutem, etc.,

one who sees old age before him, id. ib. 33, 7:

neque prospexisse castra,

i. e. life in camp, Plin. Pan. 15, 2.—

In partic.

To look at attentively, to gaze at (very rare):

aliquem propter aliquid,

Nep. Dat. 3, 3.—

To foresee a thing (class.):

multo ante, tamquam ex aliquā speculā, prospexi tempestatem futuram,

Cic. Fam. 4, 3, 1; cf.:

longe prospicere futuros casus rei publicae,

id. Lael. 12, 40; id. Dom. 5, 12:

multum in posterum,

id. Mur. 28, 59:

ex imbri soles,

Verg. G. 1, 393. —With rel.-clause:

ut jam ante animo prospicere possis, quibus de rebus auditurus sis,

Cic. Quint. 10, 35; id. Div. in Caecil. 13, 42.—

To look out for, provide, procure:

habitationem alicui,

Petr. 10:

sedem senectuti,

Liv. 4, 49 fin.:

maritum filiae,

Plin. Ep. 1, 14, 1.—In pass.:

nisi si prospectum interea aliquid est, desertae vivimus,

Ter. Heaut. 2, 4, 11:

commeatus a praetore prospectos in hiemem habere,

Liv. 44, 16:

ad ferramenta prospicienda,

Cic. Sull. 19, 55.—Hence,

prōspĭcĭ-ens, entis, P. a., endowed with foresight, Gell. 2, 29, 1.—

prōspĭcĭenter, adv., providently, considerately, carefully (post-class.):

res prospicienter animadversas,

Gell. 2, 29, 1.—

prōspectē, adv., providently, deliberately, considerately, advisedly, prudently (post-class.):

decernere,

Tert. Apol. 6.— Sup.:

adhaerebit bono,

Aug. Ep. ad Maced. 55.

prō-spĭcĭo, exi, ectum, 3, v. n. and a. [specio].

Neutr., to look forward or into the distance, to look out, to look, see (class.).

In gen.: neque post respiciens, neque ante prospiciens, Varr. ap. Non. 443, 2:

parum prospiciunt oculi,

do not see well, Ter. Phorm. 5, 1, 8; Plaut. Curc. 2, 3, 38:

grues volant ad prospiciendum alte,

Plin. 10, 23, 30, § 58:

ex superioribus locis prospicere in urbem,

Caes. B. C. 2, 5:

multum,

to have an extensive prospect, Cic. Fam. 7, 20, 1:

per umbram,

Verg. A. 2, 733:

procul,

id. ib. 12, 353:

ex moenibus,

Hor. C. 3, 2, 8: longe lateque, Auct. B. Hisp. 8.—

In partic.

To look out, to watch, be on the watch:

puer ab januā prospiciens,

Nep. Hann. 12, 4:

pavorem simulans (feles) prospexit toto die,

Phaedr. 2, 4, 20:

Michol prospiciens per fenestram,

Vulg. 2 Reg. 6, 16; cf. Ambros. Off. 2, 29, 46.—

To look or see to beforehand, to exercise foresight, to look out for, take care of, provide for any thing:

ego jam prospiciam mihi,

Ter. Ad. 4, 2, 50:

consulere ac prospicere debemus, ut, etc.,

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 58, § 133:

prospicite atque consulite,

id. ib. 2, 1, 8, §

22: ut prospicias et consulas rationibus meis,

id. Fam. 3, 2, 1:

consulite vobis, prospicite patriae,

id. Cat. 4, 2, 3:

homo longe in posterum prospiciens,

id. Fam. 2, 8, 1:

ut illum intellegatis non longe animo prospexisse morientem,

id. Clu. 12, 34:

prospicite, ut, etc.,

id. Font. 17, 39:

statuebat prospiciendum, ne, etc.,

Caes. B. G. 5, 7:

in annum,

Varr. R. R. 1, 23, 3.— Impers. pass.:

senatusconsulto prospectum est, ne, etc.,

Paul. Sent. 4, 2.— Absol.: malo nos prospicere quam ulcisci, [p. 1477] Ter. Eun. 4, 6, 24:

plagae crescunt, Nisi prospicis,

id. Phorm. 5, 2, 17.—

Act., to see afar off, to discern, descry, espy.

In gen. ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

Italiam summā ab undā,

Verg. A. 6, 357:

campos Prospexit longe,

id. ib. 11, 909; Hor. C. 3, 25, 10:

moenia urbis Tarpeiā de rupe,

Luc. 1, 195:

ex speculis adventantem hostium classem,

Liv. 21, 49, 8:

ut hostium agmen inde prospicerent,

Curt. 3, 8, 26:

ex edito monte cuncta,

id. 7, 6, 4.—

Transf., of situations, to have or command a view of, look or lie towards, to overlook:

domus prospicit agros,

Hor. Ep. 1, 10, 23:

cenatio latissimum mare, amoenissimas villas prospicit,

Plin. Ep. 2, 17, 12; Plin. 5, 16, 15, § 72; Phaedr. 2, 5, 10:

freta prospiciens Tmolus,

Ov. M. 11, 150; 8, 330.—

Trop.:

aliquis infans decessit, cui nihil amplius contigit quam prospicere vitam,

to see life from a distance, to get a glimpse of, Sen. Ep. 66, 42:

turpe est seni aut prospicienti senectutem, etc.,

one who sees old age before him, id. ib. 33, 7:

neque prospexisse castra,

i. e. life in camp, Plin. Pan. 15, 2.—

In partic.

To look at attentively, to gaze at (very rare):

aliquem propter aliquid,

Nep. Dat. 3, 3.—

To foresee a thing (class.):

multo ante, tamquam ex aliquā speculā, prospexi tempestatem futuram,

Cic. Fam. 4, 3, 1; cf.:

longe prospicere futuros casus rei publicae,

id. Lael. 12, 40; id. Dom. 5, 12:

multum in posterum,

id. Mur. 28, 59:

ex imbri soles,

Verg. G. 1, 393. —With rel.-clause:

ut jam ante animo prospicere possis, quibus de rebus auditurus sis,

Cic. Quint. 10, 35; id. Div. in Caecil. 13, 42.—

To look out for, provide, procure:

habitationem alicui,

Petr. 10:

sedem senectuti,

Liv. 4, 49 fin.:

maritum filiae,

Plin. Ep. 1, 14, 1.—In pass.:

nisi si prospectum interea aliquid est, desertae vivimus,

Ter. Heaut. 2, 4, 11:

commeatus a praetore prospectos in hiemem habere,

Liv. 44, 16:

ad ferramenta prospicienda,

Cic. Sull. 19, 55.—Hence,

prōspĭcĭ-ens, entis, P. a., endowed with foresight, Gell. 2, 29, 1.—

prōspĭcĭenter, adv., providently, considerately, carefully (post-class.):

res prospicienter animadversas,

Gell. 2, 29, 1.—

prōspectē, adv., providently, deliberately, considerately, advisedly, prudently (post-class.):

decernere,

Tert. Apol. 6.— Sup.:

adhaerebit bono,

Aug. Ep. ad Maced. 55.

prōspĭcŭus, a, um, adj. [id.].

That may be seen afar off, conspicuous:

turris,

Stat. Th. 12, 15.—

Looking forward, looking into the future:

turris illa prospicua vaticinationis munus explicuit,

App. M. 6, p. 181, 20.— Adv.: prōspĭcuē, providently, cautiously, carefully, App. M. 1, p. 112, 8.

prō-vĭdĕo, vīdi, vīsum, 2, v. n. and a.

Lit., to see forwards or before one's self, to see in the distance, to discern, descry (very rare):

ubi, quid petatur, procul provideri nequeat,

Liv. 44, 35, 12.—

Trop.

To be provident or cautious, to act with foresight, to take care (rare but class.; syn. praecaveo): actum de te est, nisi provides. Cic. Fam. 9, 18, 4; id. Rab. Post. 1, 1:

nisi providisses, tibi ipsi pereundum fuisset,

id. Verr. 2, 1, 61, § 157.—

To see to, look after, care for; to provide, make preparation or provision for any thing (freq. and class.); constr. absol., with dat., de, ut, ne: multum in posterum providerunt, quod, etc., Cic. Agr. 2, 33, 91:

nihil me curassis, ego mihi providero,

Plaut. Most. 2, 2, 93:

rei frumentariae,

Caes. B. G. 5, 8:

condicioni omnium civium,

Cic. Cael. 9, 22:

ut consulas omnibus, ut provideas saluti,

id. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 10, § 31.— Impers. pass.:

a dis vitae hominum consuli et provideri,

Cic. N. D. 1, 2, 4:

est autem de Brundusio providendum,

id. Phil. 11, 11, 26; cf.:

de re frumentariā,

Caes. B. C. 3, 34:

de frumento,

id. B. G. 3, 3:

ut quam rectissime agantur omnia providebo,

Cic. Fam. 1, 2, 4.—So with ne, Cic. Verr. 1, 17, 51:

cura et provide, ne quid ei desit,

id. Att. 11, 3, 3:

ne qua civitas suis finibus recipiat, a me provisum est,

Caes. B. G. 7, 20; cf. impers.:

provisum est, ne, etc.,

Ter. Phorm. 5, 2, 14:

provisum atque praecautum est, ne quid, etc.,

Liv. 36, 17.—

Lit., to see or perceive in the distance (very rare):

nave provisā,

Suet. Tib. 14; id. Dom. 14.—

Trop.

In respect of time, to see or perceive beforehand, to foresee; to see before or earlier (class.): si qui, quae eventura sunt, provideant, Pac. ap. Gell. 14, 1, 34 (Trag. Rel. v. 407 Rib.); cf. Cic. Fin. 1, 14, 47:

rem, quam mens providit,

Lucr. 4, 884:

quod ego, priusquam loqui coepisti, sensi atque providi,

Cic. Vatin. 2, 4; cf. Caes. B. G. 7, 30:

medicus morbum ingravescentem ratione providet, insidias imperator, tempestates gubernator,

Cic. Div. 2, 6, 16:

providere, quid futurum sit,

id. Mur. 2, 4:

quod adhuc conjecturā provideri possit,

id. Att. 1, 1, 1:

tempestas ante provisa,

id. Tusc. 3, 22, 52:

ratio explorata atque provisa,

id. Verr. 2, 1, 6, § 15:

non hercle te provideram,

Plaut. As. 2, 4, 44:

aliquem,

Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 69.—

To see to, look after, care for, give attention to; to prepare or provide for any thing:

eas cellas provident, ne habeant in solo umorem,

Varr. R. R. 3, 10, 4:

ut res tempusque postulat, provideas atque administres,

Cic. Fam. 14, 21:

providentia haec potissimum providet, ut, etc.,

id. N. D. 2, 22, 58:

omnia,

Sall. C. 60, 4:

ea, quae ad usum navium pertinerent,

Caes. B. G. 3, 9:

rem frumentariam,

id. ib. 6, 9; cf.:

frumento exercitui proviso,

id. ib. 6, 44:

provisi ante commeatūs,

Tac. A. 15, 4:

verbaque provisam rem non invita sequentur,

Hor. A. P. 311:

omnia quae multo ante memoi provisa repones,

Verg. G. 1, 167; cf.: providebam Dominum in conspectu meo, kept in view, i. e. in mind, Vulg. Psa. 15, 8.—

Providere aliquid, to prevent, obviate an evil (syn. cavere):

neque omnino facere aut providere quicquam poterant,

Sall. J. 99, 2 Kritz:

quicquid provideri potest, provide,

Cic. Att. 5, 11, 1:

quae consilio provideri poterunt, cavebuntur,

id. ib. 10, 16, 2; Liv. 36, 17, 2; Plin. 34, 6, 14, § 30 Sillig; 34, 7, 18, § 40; Plin. Ep. 3, 9, 6.—Hence,

prōvĭ-dens, entis, P. a., foreseeing, provident, prudent (class.):

homo multum providens,

Cic. Fam. 6, 6, 9.— Comp.:

id est providentius,

more prudent, Cic. Fam. 3, 1, 1.— Sup.:

providentissimus quisque,

Tac. H. 1, 85; Plin. Ep. 9, 13, 6.— Adv.: prōvĭdenter, with foresight, providently, prudently, Sall. J. 90, 1; Plin. Pan. 1; Dig. 47, 3, 1.— Comp.:

quanto melius quanto providentius,

Quint. Decl. 14, 8.— Sup.:

providentissime,

Cic. N. D. 3, 40, 94; Plin. Ep. 10, 61 (69), 1; 10, 77 (81), 1.—

prōvīsō, adv., with foresight or forethought, prudently:

temere, proviso,

Tac. A. 12, 39.