Provideo

Latin-English

prōvĭd|ĕō, -ēre, prōvīdī, prōvīsum. (proˈvi.de.o) v.

1. To see in front of, to see beforehand; to foresee.
2. To see to; to take care of, to care for, to provide for.

[pro + video.]

Loci

• αʹ Cicero, De Finibus 2.6:

Finem, inquit, interrogandi, si videtur, quod quidem ego a principio ita me malle dixeram hoc ipsum providens, dialecticas captiones.

"As I said at the beginning," he said, "because I was actually expecting just this sort of thing—dialectical fallacies—I'd rather have an end to this questioning, if you please."

• βʹ Cicero, Ad Atticum 16.6:

Quin si, ut spero, celeriter in Epirum, hoc quod satis dato debeo peto a te ut ante provideas planeque expedias et solutum relinquas.

Indeed if you will soon be to Epirus—I hope so—I ask you to see to what I owe on secured loans beforehand, handle it in full and leave it repaid.