sēcūritās
Meaning
- security, safety
Nihil tam alte insederat eius animo, quam securitas rei publicae
He desired nothing so much, as the safety of the commonwealth.
Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers
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Tutus · Securus · Incuriosus
1. Tutus denotes safety objectively, he who actually is safe, like ἀσφαλής; securus (sine cura) subjectively, he who thinks himself safe; hence tutus is used for provident, with reference to foresight; securus is used as a softer expression, for improvident, with reference to the want of foresight. Sen. Ep. 97. Tuta scelera esse possunt, secura non possunt: and 105. The substantive securitas, however, must be used to supply the want of a similar substantive from tutus. 2. Securus, securitas, denote freedom from care and anxiety merely as a state of mind, like ἀμέριμνος, in opp. to sollicitus, Tac. Hist. iv. 58; whereas incuriosus, incuria, denote the want of carefulness and attention, with a practical reference, like heedless, ὀλίγωρος, in opp. to cura. Sen. Ep. 100. Fabianus non erat negligens in oratione, sed securus. (iii. 120.)
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | sēcūritās | sēcūritātēs |
| genitive | sēcūritātis | sēcūritātum |
| dative | sēcūritātī | sēcūritātibus |
| accusative | sēcūritātem | sēcūritātēs |
| ablative | sēcūritāte | sēcūritātibus |
| vocative | sēcūritās | sēcūritātēs |
securitatem nunc appello vacuitatem aegritudinis, in quā vita beata posita est, id. Tusc. 5, 15, 42: vacandum omni est animi perturbatione, ut tranquillitas animi et securitas assit, quae affert cum constantiam tum etiam dignitatem, id. Off. 1, 21, 69: beatam vitam in animi securitate et in omnium vacatione munerum ponimus, id. N. D. 1, 20, 53; id. Lael. 15, 45 and 47; id. Att. 4, 16, 10; Liv. 36, 41; Cels. 4, 4 fin.; Quint. 5, 13, 52 (opp. cura); Plin. Ep. 6, 16, 12 (opp. timor); 7, 6, 14; 7, 10, 60; Tac. A. 3, 44; 11, 3 fin.; Sen. Ep. 105, 7: securitas inaffectatae orationis, quietness, Quint. 11, 1, 93; cf.: vocis ac vultus, Tac. A. 15, 55.—Plur. (opp. curae): somno ac securitatibus jam dudum hoc fuit, Plin. 23, 1, 23, § 41.—With gen. obj.: operosissima securitas mortis in M. Ofilio Hilaro ab antiquis traditur, Plin. 7, 53, 54, § 184.—syn. incuria): neminem celerius opprimi quam qui nihil timeret et frequentissimum initium esse calamitatis securitatem, Vell. 2, 118, 2: res altera taedium laboris, altera securitatem parit, Quint. 2, 2, 6; 2, 5, 13; 2, 3, 4; 4, 1, 55; 6, 1, 34; 6, 3, 62; Tac. H. 3, 83; Gell. 1, 15, 2; 4, 20, 8.—With gen. obj.: memoriae plerumque inhaeret fidelius, quod nullā scribendi securitate laxatur, Quint. 10, 6, 2.—cum innumerabilia sint mortis signa, salutis securitatisque nulla sunt, Plin. 7, 51, 52, § 171: securitatis urbanae custos, Vell. 2, 98, 1: securitas securitate mutuā persciscenda est, Sen. Clem. 1, 19, 5; cf.: securitati ante quam vindictae consulere, Tac. A. 11, 31: perpetua Romani imperii, Vell. 2, 103, 3: tutela securitatis, id. 2, 128, 3: nec spem modo ac votum securitas publica, sed ipsius voti fiduciam assumserit, Tac. Agr. 3: itinerum, Plin. 28, 2, 4, § 21: annonae, Tac. A. 15, 18: somnum a repentinā securitate datum, Just. 11, 13, 3: dextras securitatis, a safe conduct, Vulg. 2 Macc. 11, 30.—Hence, SECVRITAS, personified as the tutelary goddess of the Roman State, Inscr. Orell. 1830 and 1831.—Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
Origins
Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Proto-Italic *-tāts Latin -tās Latin sēcūritās From sēcūrus + -tās.
- Catalanseguretat
- Englishsecurity
- Englishsurety
- Frenchsécurité
- Frenchsûreté
- Italiansicurtà
- Occitanseguretat
- Portugueseseguridade
- Romaniansecuritate
- Spanishseguridad
In English words that came into English from sēcūritās
- securitysēcūritās
- suretysēcūritās