foreknowledge Copy link Outline I. In gen. sense1. prōvĭdentia2. scientia, prūdentia, with some qualifying word, as, recollection of the past, and f. of the future, memoria praeteritorum, futurorumque prudentia (al. providentia), Cic. Sen. 21, 78II. As theol. t. • foreknowledge: I. In gen. sense: 1. prōvĭdentia: v. foresight. 2. scientia, prūdentia, with some qualifying word, as, recollection of the past, and f. of the future, memoria praeteritorum, futurorumque prudentia (al. providentia), Cic. Sen. 21, 78: the f. of (future) evils, futurorum malorum scientia, Cic. (v. knowledge): to have a f. of events, scire, providere, quod futurum sit, futura prospicere, Cic.: (v. to know, foresee): endowed with f., praescius: v. foreknowing. II. As theol. t.: praescientia: the f. of God, pr. Dei, Tert.: Augustin.