securus
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Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From sē- (“without”) + cūra (“care”); see cure. Similar to Latin sine cūrā (“without care, carefree”), which led to English sinecure.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /seːˈkuː.rus/, [s̠eːˈkuːrʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /seˈku.rus/, [seˈkuːrus]
Adjective
[edit]sēcūrus (feminine sēcūra, neuter sēcūrum, comparative sēcūrior, adverb sēcūrē); first/second-declension adjective
- careless, negligent
- unconcerned, untroubled, carefree
- fearless
- free from danger, safe, secure
- quiet, composed, serene
Declension
[edit]First/second-declension adjective.
Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
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Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
Nominative | sēcūrus | sēcūra | sēcūrum | sēcūrī | sēcūrae | sēcūra | |
Genitive | sēcūrī | sēcūrae | sēcūrī | sēcūrōrum | sēcūrārum | sēcūrōrum | |
Dative | sēcūrō | sēcūrō | sēcūrīs | ||||
Accusative | sēcūrum | sēcūram | sēcūrum | sēcūrōs | sēcūrās | sēcūra | |
Ablative | sēcūrō | sēcūrā | sēcūrō | sēcūrīs | |||
Vocative | sēcūre | sēcūra | sēcūrum | sēcūrī | sēcūrae | sēcūra |
Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- Italo-Romance:
- Insular Romance:
- North Italian:
- Gallo-Romance:
- Ibero-Romance:
- Vulgar Latin:
- *assēc��rāre (see there for further descendants)
- Borrowings:
References
[edit]- “securus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “securus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- securus 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)
- securus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- to enjoy peace of mind: quieto, tranquillo, securo animo esse
- to enjoy peace of mind: quieto, tranquillo, securo animo esse