provisio

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

prōvīsĭo, ōnis, f. [provideo].

I A foreseeing , foreknowing : provisio animi, Cic. Tusc. 3, 14, 30.—

II Foresight , providence : genus longā animi provisione fugiendum, Cic. Or. 56, 189.—

III Forethought , precaution for a thing: posteri temporis, Cic. Part. 20, 69: annonaria, i. e. a providing with provisions , purveying , Treb. Poll. XXX. Tyr. 18.—

2 Hindrance , prevention of a thing: horum incommodorum una cautio est atque una provisio, ut, etc., Cic. Lael. 21, 78.

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