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English
Noun
tutus
- plural of tutu
Verb
tutus
- third-person singular simple present indicative of tutu
French
Noun
tutus
- plural of tutu
Latin
Etymology
Collateral perfect participle of tueor (“I care for, guard, defend, protect, etc.”). Compare tuitus.
Pronunciation
Adjective
tūtus (feminine tūta, neuter tūtum, comparative tūtior, superlative tūtissimus, adverb tūtē or tūtō); first/second-declension adjective
- safe, prudent
29 BCE – 19 BCE,
Virgil,
Aeneid 4.373:
- “Nusquam tūta fidēs.”
- “Nowhere trust safe.”
(Queen Dido despairs of fidelity from heavenly gods or earthly men.)
- secure
- protected
- Synonyms: munitus, defensus, firmātus
- Antonyms: infestus, inermis, intutus, nudus
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
Derived terms
References
- “tūtus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “tutus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- tutus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- tutus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- the cavalry covers the retreat: equitatus tutum receptum dat
- (ambiguous) to be in a position of safety: in tuto esse
- (ambiguous) to ensure the safety of a thing: in tuto collocare aliquid