Prudens, syncerumqúe iudicium. Cic. Laus syncera. Claud. Pronunciatur syncerus & grandis, Thucidides. Cic. Voluptas nulla est syncera. Ouid.There is no pleasure with out some griefe.Conseruare aliquem syncerum atque integrum. Ci. Whole and found.
Prudentia, tiæ, f. g. Ci. Prudence: wisedo me in eschewing and destring of things.Prudentia est rerum expetendarum fugiendarúmue scientia. Ci. Viuendi ars est, prudentia. Ci. Temeritas est florentis ætatis, prudentia senectutis. Ci. Prudentia in iudicando. Ci. Prudentia iuris ciuilis. Ci. Knowledge of the ciuil law. Altissima prudentia. Quin. Very deepe wisedome.Communis prudentia. Ci. Domestica & ciuilis prudentia. Ci. Perspicax prudentia. Mart. Capell. Velox prudentia. Pers. Wisedome comming before ripe age.Perspicua sunt hæc quidem, & in vulgari prudentia sita. Ci. Acuere prudentiam, Vide ACVO.Adhibere prudentiam, Vide ADHIBEO.Malitia imitatur prudentiam.Cic.Subtile craftinesse resembleth wisedome.Ego non perspexeram prudentiam literarum tuarum. Cice. Impertire prudentiam suam ad salutem alicuius, Vide I MPERTIO.
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prūdens, entis, adj. [contr. from providens]. I.Foreseeing, foreknowing (very rare); constr. with an objective clause, or absol.: ille contra urinam spargit, prudens, hanc quoque leoni exitialem, Plin. 8, 38, 57, 136: quos prudentis possumus dicere, id est providentis, Cic. Div. 1, 49, 111: de futuro satis callidus satisque prudens, Ps.-Sall. ap. Cic. init.—II.Transf.A.Knowing, skilled, experienced, versed, practised in a thing (class.; syn.: peritus, consultus); constr. with gen. or in;poet. and post-Aug. also with inf.(a). With gen.: ceterarum rerum pater familias et prudens et attentus, Cic. Quint. 3, 11: belli prudentes, Sall. Ep. Mith. (H. 4, 61, 16 Dietsch): rei militaris, Nep. Con. 1, 2: locorum, Liv. 34, 28 fin.: animus rerum prudens, Hor. C. 4, 9, 35: artis, Ov. H. 5, 150: animorum provinciae prudens, Tac. Agr. 19: doli prudens, id. H. 2, 25: agricolationis, Col. 2, 2, 15.—Comp.: prudentiores rerum rusticarum, Col. 4, 2, 1; so, earum rerum, Gell. 14, 2, 4.—Sup.: adulandi gens prudentissima, Juv. 3, 86.—(b). With in: prudens in jure civili, Cic. Lael. 2, 6.—(g). With inf. or acc. and inf.: nec pauperum prudens anus Novemdialis dissipare pulveres, Hor. Epod. 17, 47: prudens otii vitia negotio discuti, Curt. 7, 1, 4:-ob ea se peti prudens, Plin. 8, 31, 49, 111: sciens prudensque se praegnantem non esse, Dig. 25, 6, 1, 2.—2. In partic. a. Juris prudens, also prudens alone (like juris peritus), skilled or learned in the law; as subst.: jūrisprūdens, ntis, m., one learned in the law, a lawyer, jurist, jurisconsult (only post-class.), Dig. 38, 15, 2 fin.; 1, 2, 2; 1, 1, 7; 40, 7, 30; Just. Inst. 1, 2.— b. Like sciens, knowing, wise, discreet, prudent; usually connected with sciens: prudens animam de corpore mitto, Enn. ap. Non. 150, 8 (Ann. v. 216 Vahl.): quos prudens praetereo, Hor. S. 1, 10, 88; 2, 5, 58 (cf.: imprudens praeteriisse videris, Cic. Brut. 77, 269): ibis sub furcam prudens, Hor. S. 2, 7, 66: nequidquam deus abscidit Prudens Oceano terras, id. C. 1, 3, 22; 3, 29, 29; Ov. M. 3, 364: an prudens imprudensve rupisset, Gell. 20, 1, 34.—With sciens: amore ardeo: et prudens, sciens, Vivus vidensque pereo, Ter. Eun. 1, 1, 27: ut in fabulis Amphiaraus sic ego prudens et sciens ad pestem ante oculos positam sum profectus, Cic. Fam. 6, 6, 6; Cael. ap. Cic. Att. 10, 9, A, 5; Suet. Ner. 2 fin.—B. In gen., sagacious, sensible, intelligent, clever, judicious, etc. (very freq.): vir naturā peracutus et prudens, Cic. Or. 5, 18: quis P. Octavio ingenio prudentior, jure peritior, id. Clu. 38, 107: prudentem et, ut ita dicam, catum, id. Leg. 1, 16, 45: in existimando admodum prudens, id. Brut. 68, 239; cf.: prudentissimi in disserendo, id. ib. 31, 118: virum ad consilia prudentem, id. Font. 15, 43: quo nemo prudentior, id. Lael. 1, 5: homines amicissimi ac prudentissimi, id. Rep. 1, 46, 10: vir bonus et prudens, Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 32; cf. id. A. P. 445: si divitiae prudentem reddere possent, id. Ep. 2, 2, 155: prudentior ille consilio, hic animo magnificentior, Just. 9, 8, 13.—With adverb. acc.: prudens alia, Amm. 15, 13, 2.—Of abstract things: prudens, temperata, fortis, justa ratio, Cic. Fin. 5, 21, 58: prudens animi sententia, Ov. H. 21, 137: consilium, quod si non fuerit prudens, Balb. ap. Cic. Att. 9, 7, A, 1; Ov. M. 13, 433: prudentissimum consilium, Nep. Eum. 3, 4; Hirt. B. Alex. 24. —C.Cautious, circumspect (very rare): malebant me nimium timidum quam satis prudentem existimari, Cic. Fam. 4, 14, 2.— Hence, adv.: prūdenter, sagaciously, intelligently, discreetly, wisely, skilfully, learnedly, prudently, etc.: loqui, Enn. ap. Gell. 12, 4, 4 (Ann. v. 255 Vahl.): facere, Cic. Fin. 5, 6, 15; cf. id. Rep. 3, 9, 16: rationem excogitare, id. ib. 2, 12, 23: multa ab eo prudenter disputata, id. Lael. 1, 1: multa provisa prudenter, id. ib. 2, 6.—Comp., Aug. in Suet. Tib. 21; Quint. 9, 2, 44.—Sup.: defendere, Cic. Div. 2, 72, 150: scribere, id. Att. 13, 1, 1; Val. Max. 3, 3, 4 ext. 4.
prūdentĭa, ae, f. [prudens]. I.A foreseeing (very rare): id enim est sapientis providere: ex quo sapientia est appellata prudentia, Cic. Fragm. ap. Non. 41, 31: futurorum, id. Sen. 21, 78.—II.Acquaintance with a thing, knowledge of a matter, skill in a matter: juris publici, Cic. de Or. 1, 60, 256: juris civilis, Nep. Cim. 2, 1: legum, Cic. Rep. 2, 36, 61; cf. id. Mur. 13, 28: physicorum, id. Div. 2, 4, 11: cani rectoris, Juv. 12, 32; 10, 48.—B. Esp., = juris prudentia, Just. Inst. praef. 2.—III.Sagacity, good sense, intelligence, prudence, practical judgment, discretion: prudentia constat ex scientiā rerum bonarum et malarum et nec bonarum nec malarum, Cic. N. D. 3, 15, 38: prudentia tribus partibus constare videtur, memoriā, intellegentiā, providentiā, id. Inv. 2, 53, 160; cf. Auct. Her. 3, 2, 3: prudentia, quam Graeci fro/nhsin, est rerum expetendarum fugiendarumque scientia, Cic. Off. 1, 43, 153: prudentia cernitur in delectu bonorum et malorum, id. Fin. 5, 23, 67: ut medicina valetudinis, sic vivendi ars est prudentia, id. ib. 5, 6, 16: civilis prudentia,
statesmanship
, id. Rep. 2, 25, 46; id. Inv. 2, 53, 159: ad omnes res adhibere prudentiam, id. Att. 12, 4, 2; Col. 12, 57, 6; 1, 1, 1: rerum fato prudentia major, Verg. G. 1, 416: velox,
ready
, Pers. 4, 4: si ratio et prudentia curas aufert, Hor. Ep. 1, 11, 25.