praescientia

Latin

Etymology

From praesciēns, praescientis +‎ -ia, from praesciō (“foreknow”).

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /prae̯s.kiˈen.ti.a/, [präe̯s̠kiˈɛn̪t̪iä]

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /preʃ.ʃiˈen.t͡si.a/, [preʃːiˈɛnt̪͡s̪iä]

Noun

praescientia f (genitive praescientiae); first declension

foreknowledge, prescience

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	praescientia	praescientiae
Genitive	praescientiae	praescientiārum
Dative	praescientiae	praescientiīs
Accusative	praescientiam	praescientiās
Ablative	praescientiā	praescientiīs
Vocative	praescientia	praescientiae

Related terms

praescienter
praescius
praesciō
praescītiō
praescītus

Descendants

Catalan: presciència
English: prescience
French: prescience
Italian: prescienza
Portuguese: presciência
Romanian: preștiință
Spanish: presciencia

References

“praescientia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
praescientia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

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