(adj.adv.) : prōvĭdus, a, um, adj.provideo.
* Foreseeing: mens provida rerum futurarum,Cic. Div. 2, 57, 117: nec eum provida futuri, fefellit opinio,Liv. 23, 36: fati,Tib. 2, 5, 12: veri providus augur,Ov. M. 12, 18: nec futuri providus est nec praeteriti memor,Sen. Ep. 66, 35.
* Cautious, circumspect, provident, prudent (syn.: cautus, consideratus): homines parum cauti providique,Cic. Rosc. Am. 40, 117: animal hoc providum, sagax ... quem vocamus hominem,id. Leg. 1, 7, 22: orator prudens et providus,id. Part. 5, 15: dispice, ne sit parum providum, sperare ex aliis, quod tibi ipse non praestes,Plin. Ep. 2, 10, 5: auspex,Hor. C. 3, 27, 8: mens,id. ib. 3, 5, 13; cf. Ulixes,id. Ep. 1, 2, 19.
* Caring or providing for, provident of: natura consultrix et provida utilitatum oportunitatumque omnium,Cic. N. D. 2, 22, 58: rerum vestrarum providus,Tac. A. 4, 38: opera providae sollertisque naturae,Cic. N. D. 2, 51, 28: provida cura ducis, Ov. F. 2, 60.—Hence, adv.: prōvĭdē, carefully, prudently (very rare): provide eligere,Plin. 10, 33, 50, § 97.

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