Prudentius

See also: prudentius

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

prūdēns (“wise”, “prudent”, oblique stem: prūdent-) +‎ -ius

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Prūdentius m sg (genitive Prūdentiī or Prūdentī); second declension

  1. A masculine nomen — famously held by:
    1. Aurelius Prudentius Clemens (AD 348–413), a Roman Christian poet of Calagurris, in Spain

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

singular
nominative Prūdentius
genitive Prūdentiī
Prūdentī1
dative Prūdentiō
accusative Prūdentium
ablative Prūdentiō
vocative Prūdentī

1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

Descendants

  • French: Prudence

References

  • “Prūdentĭus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Prūdentĭus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 1,269/2.

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