brevitas

summa, ae, f. (sc. res; old gen. summai, Lucr. 1, 984; 6, 679) [summus, v. superus].

Lit., that which is highest in any thing, the top, summit, surface (postAug. and very rare):

testudines evectae in summā pelagi,

Plin. 9, 10, 12, § 35 (cf. summus, I. s. v. superus).—

Transf., that which is most important or prominent in any thing, the main thing, chief point, principal matter; the sum, height, substance, summit, completion, perfection

In gen.:

leges a me edentur non perfectae... sed ipsae summae rerum atque sententiae,

the main points, chief particulars, Cic. Leg. 2, 7, 18:

cujus rei satis erit summam dixisse,

id. Inv. 1, 20, 28:

ex hac infinitā licentiā haec summa cogitur, ut, etc.,

id. Rep. 1, 43, 67:

lectis rerum summis,

Liv. 40, 29, 11:

haec summa est, hic nostri nuntius esto,

Verg. A. 4, 237:

summa est, si curaveris, ut, etc.,

Cic. Fam. 13, 75, 2:

in hoc summa judicii causaque tota consistit,

id. Quint. 9, 32:

eam ignominiam ad summam universi belli pertinere ratus,

to the issue of the whole war, Liv. 32, 17, 3; cf.:

haec belli summa nefandi,

Verg. A. 12, 572:

solus summam habet hic apud nos,

the first place, pre-eminence, Plaut. Truc. 4, 2, 15:

qui vobis summam ordinis consiliique concedunt,

Cic. Cat. 4, 7, 15:

summam alicui rei dare,

perfection, culmination, Quint. 3, 2, 1: 5, 10, 72; 11, 2, 41; 12, 1, 20: remittendo de summā quisque juris. strict or extreme right, Liv. 4, 43, 11.—

In partic.

Of a reckoning of numbers, the amount, the sum, sum total, including each of the single items, as if counted: quid, tu, inquam, soles, cum rationem a dispensatore accipis, si aera singula probasti, summam, quae ex his confecta sit, non probare? Cic. Fragm. ap. Non. 193, 11:

addendo deducendoque videre, quae reliqui summa fiat,

id. Off. 1, 18, 59: Py. Quanta istaec hominum summa est? Ar. Septem milia, Plaut. Mil. 1, 1, 46:

equitum magno numero ex omni populi summa separato,

Cic. Rep. 2, 22, 39:

subducamus summam,

id. Att. 5, 21, 11:

summam facere,

id. Verr. 2, 2, 53, § 131.—

Of money, a sum, amount.

With pecuniae:

pecuniae summam quantam imperaverit, parum convenit,

Liv. 30, 16, 12:

pecuniae etiam par prope summa fuit,

id. 33, 23, 9:

summa pecuniae signatae fuit talentūm duo milia et sexcenta,

Curt. 3, 13, 16:

accessit ad hanc pecuniae summam sex milia talantum,

id. 5, 6, 10:

pecuniae summa homines movit,

Liv. 22, 61, 1; 38, 11, 8; 40, 46, 16; 42, 62, 14; cf.:

census equestrem Summam nummorum,

Hor. A. P. 384:

ob parvam pecuniae summam erogatam,

Val. Max. 4, 8, 1.—

Without pecuniae:

de summā nihil decedet,

Ter. Ad. 5, 3, 30:

hac summā redempti,

Liv. 32, 17, 2; 22, 61, 2:

Marcellus decem pondo auri et argenti ad summam sestertii decies in aerarium rettulit,

id. 45, 4, 1:

quācumque summā tradet luxuriae domum,

Phaedr. 4, 4, 44;

creditor totius summae,

Quint. 5, 10, 117:

actor summarum,

Suet. Dom. 11.—

Without reference to a count, the sum, the whole:

de summā mali detrahere,

Cic. Tusc. 3, 23, 55:

summa cogitationum mearum omnium,

id. Fam. 1, 9, 10:

meorum maerorum atque amorum summam edictavi tibi,

Plaut. Rud. 1, 2, 2:

ergo ex hac infinita licentiā haec summa cogitur,

Cic. Rep. 1, 43, 67:

proposita vitae ejus velut summa,

Suet. Aug. 9:

vitae summa brevis spem nos vetat incohare longam,

Hor. C. 1, 4, 15: summarum summa est aeterna, the sum of all sums, the sum of all things, i. e. the universe, Lucr. 5, 361; so,

summa summarum,

Plaut. Truc. 1, 1, 4; Sen. Ep. 40, 13; and: summa summaï, Lucr 6, 679. —

Adverb.

Ad summam, on the whole, generally, in short, in a word:

ille affirmabat... ad summam: non posse istaec sic abire,

Cic. Att. 14, 1, 1; so,

ad summam,

id. ib. 7, 7, 7; id. Off. 1, 42, 149; id. Fam. 14, 14, 2; Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 106, Juv. 3, 79.—

In summā, in all:

Drusus erat de praevaricatione a tribunis aerariis absolutus, in summā quattuor sententiis,

Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 16, 3; Plin. Ep. 1, 22, 6; 2, 11, 25:

in omni summā,

Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 5, 5 —

In summā, at last, finally (post-Aug.):

diu colluctatus est: in summā victus occumbit,

Just. 13, 8, 8; 22, 1, 8; 37, 1, 8.—

Transf., the whole (opp. a part):

magnam res diligentiam requirebat, non in summā exercitus tuenda, sed in singulis militibus conservandis,

Caes. B. G. 6, 34; cf.:

summa exercitus salva,

the main body of the army, id. B. C. 1, 67:

solet quaedam esse partium brevitas, quae longam tamen efficit summam,

Quint. 4, 2, 41:

quaedam partibus blandiuntur, sed in summam non consentiunt,

id. 4, 2, 90.—

That which relates to the whole, as opp. to a part; with gen., the general, supreme:

(Remi dicebant) ad hunc (regem) totius belli summam omnium voluntate deferri,

the command in chief, Caes. B. G. 2, 4:

neque de summā belli suum judicium sed imperatoris esse,

id. ib. 1, 41:

cum penes unum est omnium summa rerum, regem illum unum vocamus,

authority over all affairs, the supreme power, Cic. Rep. 1, 26, 42:

is, qui summam rerum administrabat,

id. Rosc. Am. 32, 91:

ad te summa solum, Phormio, rerum redit,

Ter. Phorm. 2, 2, 3:

ad summam rerum consulere,

for the general interest, Caes. B. C. 3, 51:

ad discrimen summa rerum adducta,

to a general engagement, Liv. 10, 27:

discrimen summae rerum,

id. 10, 14:

quos penes summam consilii voluit esse, cum imperii summam rex teneret,

the sole command, Cic. Rep. 2, 28, 51; cf.:

qui vobis summam ordinis consiliique concedunt,

id. Cat. 4, 7, 15:

imperii,

Caes. B. G. 2, 23; id. B. C. 3, 5:

quod penes eos (Bituriges), si id oppidum retinuissent, summam victoriae constare intellegebant,

the whole credit of the victory, id. B. G. 7, 21; so, victoriae, id. B. C. 1, 82.— Poet.:

summa ducum, Atri des,

Ov. Am. 1, 9, 37.

trans-vŏlo or trā-vŏlo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. and n., to fly over or across.

Lit.:

perdices non transvolant Boeotiae fines in Atticā,

Plin. 10, 29, 41, § 78:

Pontum (grues),

id. 10, 23, 30, § 60. —

Transf., to go, come, mount, or pass quickly over or across.

Lit.

Act.: Alpes, Asin. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 31, 4:

Oceanum (manus Macedonum),

Auct. Her. 4, 22, 31:

delphini vela navium transvolant,

Plin. 9, 8, 7, § 20:

transvolat vox auras,

flies through, Lucr. 4, 559; cf. id. 4, 602.— Poet.: importunus (Cupido) transvolat aridas Quercus (i. e. vetulas). Hor. C. 4, 13, 9.—

Neutr.:

foraminibus liquidus quia transvolat ignis,

Lucr. 6, 349: eques transvolat inde in partem alteram, Liv. 3, 63, 2: Nilus insulas dierum quinque cursu non breviore transvolat, flows by or past, Plin. 5, 9, 10, § 53:

vultur relicto Tityo,

Sen. Hippol. 1233:

(arma) Travolaverunt ad hostes,

Plaut. Ep. 1. 1, 33 (for transfugerunt, id. ib. 1, 1, 28).—

Trop.:

illa Sallustiana brevitas... audientem transvolat,

flies past, Quint. 4, 2, 45:

cogitatio animum subito transvolans,

flitting through, Plin. 7, 12, 10, § 52:

transvolat in medio posita et fugientia captat,

passes over, neglects, Hor. S. 1, 2, 108.

tŭĕor, tuĭtus, 2 ( perf. only post-Aug., Quint. 5, 13, 35; Plin. Ep. 6, 29, 10; collat. form tūtus, in the part., rare, Sall. J. 74, 3; Front. Strat. 2, 12, 13; but constantly in the P. a.; inf. parag. tuerier, Plaut. Rud. 1, 4, 35; collat. form acc. to the 3d conj. tŭor, Cat. 20, 5; Stat. Th. 3, 151:

tuĕris,

Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 82:

tuimur,

Lucr. 1, 300; 4, 224; 4, 449;

6, 934: tuamur,

id. 4, 361:

tuantur,

id. 4, 1004; imper. tuĕre, id. 5, 318), v. dep. a. [etym. dub.], orig., to see, to look or gaze upon, to watch, view; hence, pregn., to see or look to, to defend, protect, etc.: tueri duo significat; unum ab aspectu, unde est Ennii illud: tueor te senex? pro Juppiter! (Trag. v. 225 Vahl.);

alterum a curando ac tutela, ut cum dicimus bellum tueor et tueri villam,

Varr. L. L. 7, § 12 Müll. sq.—Accordingly,

To look at, gaze at, behold, watch, view, regard, consider, examine, etc. (only poet.; syn.: specto, adspicio, intueor): quam te post multis tueor tempestatibus, Pac. ap. Non. 407, 32; 414, 3:

e tenebris, quae sunt in luce, tuemur,

Lucr. 4, 312:

ubi nil aliud nisi aquam caelumque tuentur,

id. 4, 434:

caeli templa,

id. 6, 1228 al.:

tuendo Terribiles oculos, vultum, etc.,

Verg. A. 8, 265; cf. id. ib. 1, 713:

talia dicentem jam dudum aversa tuetur,

id. ib. 4, 362:

transversa tuentibus hircis,

id. E. 3, 8:

acerba tuens,

looking fiercely, Lucr. 5, 33; cf. Verg. A. 9, 794:

torva,

id. ib. 6, 467.—

With object-clause:

quod multa in terris fieri caeloque tuentur (homines), etc.,

Lucr. 1, 152; 6, 50; 6, 1163.—

Pregn., to look to, care for, keep up, uphold, maintain, support, guard, preserve, defend, protect, etc. (the predom. class. signif. of the word; cf.:

curo, conservo, tutor, protego, defendo): videte, ne... vobis turpissimum sit, id, quod accepistis, tueri et conservare non posse,

Cic. Imp. Pomp. 5, 12:

ut quisque eis rebus tuendis conservandisque praefuerat,

id. Verr. 2, 4, 63, 140:

omnia,

id. N. D. 2, 23, 60:

mores et instituta vitae resque domesticas ac familiares,

id. Tusc. 1, 1, 2:

societatem conjunctionis humanae munifice et aeque,

id. Fin. 5, 23, 65:

concordiam,

id. Att. 1, 17, 10: rem et gratiam et auctoritatem suam, id. Fam. 13, 49, 1:

dignitatem,

id. Tusc. 2, 21, 48:

L. Paulus personam principis civis facile dicendo tuebatur,

id. Brut. 20, 80:

personam in re publicā,

id. Phil. 8, 10, 29; cf.: tuum munus, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 11, 1:

tueri et sustinere simulacrum pristinae dignitatis,

Cic. Rab. Post. 15, 41:

aedem Castoris P. Junius habuit tuendam,

to keep in good order, id. Verr. 2, 1, 50, § 130; cf. Plin. Pan. 51, 1:

Bassum ut incustoditum nimis et incautum,

id. Ep. 6, 29, 10:

libertatem,

Tac. A. 3, 27; 14, 60:

se, vitam corpusque tueri,

to keep, preserve, Cic. Off. 1, 4, 11:

antea majores copias alere poterat, nunc exiguas vix tueri potest,

id. Deiot. 8, 22:

se ac suos tueri,

Liv. 5, 4, 5:

sex legiones (re suā),

Cic. Par. 6, 1, 45:

armentum paleis,

Col. 6, 3, 3:

se ceteris armis prudentiae tueri atque defendere,

to guard, protect, Cic. de Or. 1, 38, 172; cf.:

tuemini castra et defendite diligenter,

Caes. B. C. 3, 94:

suos fines,

id. B. G. 4, 8:

portus,

id. ib. 5, 8:

oppidum unius legionis praesidio,

id. B. C. 2, 23:

oram maritimam,

id. ib. 3, 34:

impedimenta,

to cover, protect, Hirt. B. G. 8, 2.—With ab and abl.:

fines suos ab excursionibus et latrociniis,

Cic. Deiot. 8, 22:

domum a furibus,

Phaedr. 3, 7, 10: mare ab hostibus, Auct. B. Afr. 8, 2.—With contra:

quos non parsimoniā tueri potuit contra illius audaciam,

Cic. Prov. Cons. 5, 11:

liberūm nostrorum pueritiam contra inprobitatem magistratuum,

id. Verr. 2, 1, 58, § 153; Quint. 5, 13, 35; Plin. 20, 14, 54, § 152; Tac. A. 6, 47 (41).—With adversus:

tueri se adversus Romanos,

Liv. 25, 11, 7:

nostra adversus vim atque injuriam,

id. 7, 31, 3:

adversus Philippum tueri Athenas,

id. 31, 9, 3; 42, 46, 9; 42, 23, 6:

arcem adversus tres cohortes tueri,

Tac. H. 3, 78; Just. 17, 3, 22; 43, 3, 4.—In part. perf.:

Verres fortiter et industrie tuitus contra piratas Siciliam dicitur,

Quint. 5, 13, 35 (al. tutatus):

Numidas in omnibus proeliis magis pedes quam arma tuta sunt,

Sall. J. 74, 3.

Act. form tŭĕo, ēre:

censores vectigalia tuento,

Cic. Leg. 3, 3, 7:

ROGO PER SVPEROS, QVI ESTIS, OSSA MEA TVEATIS,

Inscr. Orell. 4788.—

tŭĕor, ēri, in pass. signif.:

majores nostri in pace a rusticis Romanis alebantur et in bello ab his tuebantur,

Varr. R. R. 3, 1, 4; Lucr. 4, 361:

consilio et operā curatoris tueri debet non solum patrimonium, sed et corpus et salus furiosi,

Dig. 27, 10, 7:

voluntas testatoris ex bono et aequo tuebitur,

ib. 28, 3, 17.—Hence, tūtus, a, um, P. a. (prop. well seen to or guarded; hence), safe, secure, out of danger (cf. securus, free from fear).

Lit.

Absol.:

nullius res tuta, nullius domus clausa, nullius vita saepta... contra tuam cupiditatem,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 15, § 39:

cum victis nihil tutum arbitrarentur,

Caes. B. G. 2, 28:

nec se satis tutum fore arbitratur,

Hirt. B. G. 8, 27; cf.:

me biremis praesidio scaphae Tutum per Aegaeos tumultus Aura feret,

Hor. C. 3, 29, 63; Ov. M. 8, 368:

tutus bos rura perambulat,

Hor. C. 4, 5, 17:

quis locus tam firmum habuit praesidium, ut tutus esset?

Cic. Imp. Pomp. 11, 31:

mare tutum praestare,

id. Fl. 13, 31:

sic existimabat tutissimam fore Galliam,

Hirt. B. G. 8, 54:

nemus,

Hor. C. 1, 17, 5:

via fugae,

Cic. Caecin. 15, 44; cf.:

commodior ac tutior receptus,

Caes. B. C. 1, 46:

perfugium,

Cic. Rep. 1, 4, 8:

tutum iter et patens,

Hor. C. 3, 16, 7:

tutissima custodia,

Liv. 31, 23, 9:

praesidio nostro pasci genus esseque tutum,

Lucr. 5, 874:

vitam consistere tutam,

id. 6, 11:

tutiorem et opulentiorem vitam hominum reddere,

Cic. Rep. 1, 2, 3: est et fideli tuta silentio Merces, secure, sure (diff. from certa, definite, certain), Hor. C. 3, 2, 25:

tutior at quanto merx est in classe secundā!

id. S. 1, 2, 47:

non est tua tuta voluntas,

not without danger, Ov. M. 2, 53:

in audaces non est audacia tuta,

id. ib. 10, 544:

externā vi non tutus modo rex, sed invictus,

Curt. 6, 7, 1:

vel tutioris audentiae est,

Quint. 12, prooem. §

4: cogitatio tutior,

id. 10, 7, 19:

fuit brevitas illa tutissima,

id. 10, 1, 39:

regnum et diadema tutum Deferens uni,

i. e. that cannot be taken away, Hor. C. 2, 2, 21: male tutae mentis Orestes, i. e. unsound, = male sanae, id. S. 2, 3, 137: quicquid habes, age, Depone tutis auribus, qs. carefully guarded, i. e. safe, faithful, id. C. 1, 27, 18 (cf. the opp.: auris rimosa, id. S. 2, 6, 46).— Poet., with gen.:

(pars ratium) tuta fugae,

Luc. 9, 346.—

With ab and abl.: tutus ab insidiis inimici, Asin. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 31, 2:

ab insidiis,

Hor. S. 2, 6, 117:

a periculo,

Caes. B. G. 7, 14:

ab hoste,

Ov. H. 11, 44:

ab hospite,

id. M. 1, 144:

a conjuge,

id. ib. 8, 316:

a ferro,

id. ib. 13, 498:

a bello, id. H. (15) 16, 344: ab omni injuriā,

Phaedr. 1, 31, 9.—

With ad and acc.:

turrim tuendam ad omnis repentinos casus tradidit,

Caes. B. C. 3, 39:

ad id, quod ne timeatur fortuna facit, minime tuti sunt homines,

Liv. 25, 38, 14:

testudinem tutam ad omnes ictus video esse,

id. 36, 32, 6.—

With adversus:

adversus venenorum pericula tutum corpus suum reddere,

Cels. 5, 23, 3:

quo tutiores essent adversus ictus sagittarum,

Curt. 7, 9, 2:

loci beneficio adversus intemperiem anni tutus est,

Sen. Ira, 2, 12, 1:

per quem tutior adversus casus steti,

Val. Max. 4, 7, ext. 2:

quorum praesidio tutus adversus hostes esse debuerat,

Just. 10, 1, 7.—

With abl.: incendio fere tuta est Alexandria, Auct. B. Alex. 1, 3.—

Tutum est, with a subj. -clause, it is prudent or safe, it is the part of a prudent man:

si dicere palam parum tutum est,

Quint. 9, 2, 66; 8, 3, 47; 10, 3, 33:

o nullis tutum credere blanditiis,

Prop. 1, 15, 42:

tutius esse arbitrabantur, obsessis viis, commeatu intercluso sine ullo vulnere victoriā potiri,

Caes. B. G. 3, 24; Quint. 7, 1, 36; 11, 2, 48:

nobis tutissimum est, auctores plurimos sequi,

id. 3, 4, 11; 3, 6, 63.—

As subst.: tūtum, i, n., a place of safety, a shelter, safety, security: Tr. Circumspice dum, numquis est, Sermonem nostrum qui aucupet. Th. Tutum probe est, Plaut. Most. 2, 2, 42:

tuta et parvula laudo,

Hor. Ep. 1, 15, 42:

trepidum et tuta petentem Trux aper insequitur,

Ov. M. 10, 714:

in tuto ut collocetur,

Ter. Heaut. 4, 3, 11:

esse in tuto,

id. ib. 4, 3, 30:

ut sitis in tuto,

Cic. Fam. 12, 2, 3:

in tutum eduxi manipulares meos,

Plaut. Most. 5, 1, 7:

in tutum receptus est,

Liv. 2, 19, 6.—

Transf., watchful, careful, cautious, prudent (rare and not ante-Aug.;

syn.: cautus, prudens): serpit humi tutus nimium timidusque procellae,

Hor. A. P. 28:

tutus et intra Spem veniae cautus,

id. ib. 266:

non nisi vicinas tutus ararit aquas,

Ov. Tr. 3, 12, 36:

id suā sponte, apparebat, tuta celeribus consiliis praepositurum,

Liv. 22, 38, 13:

celeriora quam tutiora consilia magis placuere ducibus,

id. 9, 32, 3.—Hence, adv. in two forms, tūtē and tūtō, safely, securely, in safety, without danger.

Form tute (very rare):

crede huic tute,

Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 102:

eum tute vivere, qui honeste vivat,

Auct. Her. 3, 5, 9:

tute cauteque agere,

id. ib. 3, 7, 13.—

Form tuto (class. in prose and poetry):

pervenire,

Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 70; Lucr. 1, 179:

dimicare,

Caes. B. G. 3, 24:

tuto et libere decernere,

id. B. C. 1, 2:

ut tuto sim,

in security, Cic. Fam. 14, 3, 3:

ut tuto ab repentino hostium incursu etiam singuli commeare possent,

Caes. B. G. 7, 36. —

Comp.:

ut in vadis consisterent tutius,

Caes. B. G. 3, 13:

tutius et facilius receptus daretur,

id. B. C. 2, 30:

tutius ac facilius id tractatur,

Quint. 5, 5, 1:

usitatis tutius utimur,

id. 1, 5, 71:

ut ubivis tutius quam in meo regno essem,

Sall. J. 14, 11.—

Form tutissime: nam te hic tutissime puto fore, Pomp. ap. Cic. Att. 8, 11, A.—

Form tutissimo:

quaerere, ubi tutissimo essem,

Cic. Att. 8, 1, 2; cf. Charis. p. 173 P.:

tutissimo infunduntur oboli quattuor,

Plin. 20, 3, 8, § 14.

tŭĕor, tuĭtus, 2 ( perf. only post-Aug., Quint. 5, 13, 35; Plin. Ep. 6, 29, 10; collat. form tūtus, in the part., rare, Sall. J. 74, 3; Front. Strat. 2, 12, 13; but constantly in the P. a.; inf. parag. tuerier, Plaut. Rud. 1, 4, 35; collat. form acc. to the 3d conj. tŭor, Cat. 20, 5; Stat. Th. 3, 151:

tuĕris,

Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 82:

tuimur,

Lucr. 1, 300; 4, 224; 4, 449;

6, 934: tuamur,

id. 4, 361:

tuantur,

id. 4, 1004; imper. tuĕre, id. 5, 318), v. dep. a. [etym. dub.], orig., to see, to look or gaze upon, to watch, view; hence, pregn., to see or look to, to defend, protect, etc.: tueri duo significat; unum ab aspectu, unde est Ennii illud: tueor te senex? pro Juppiter! (Trag. v. 225 Vahl.);

alterum a curando ac tutela, ut cum dicimus bellum tueor et tueri villam,

Varr. L. L. 7, § 12 Müll. sq.—Accordingly,

To look at, gaze at, behold, watch, view, regard, consider, examine, etc. (only poet.; syn.: specto, adspicio, intueor): quam te post multis tueor tempestatibus, Pac. ap. Non. 407, 32; 414, 3:

e tenebris, quae sunt in luce, tuemur,

Lucr. 4, 312:

ubi nil aliud nisi aquam caelumque tuentur,

id. 4, 434:

caeli templa,

id. 6, 1228 al.:

tuendo Terribiles oculos, vultum, etc.,

Verg. A. 8, 265; cf. id. ib. 1, 713:

talia dicentem jam dudum aversa tuetur,

id. ib. 4, 362:

transversa tuentibus hircis,

id. E. 3, 8:

acerba tuens,

looking fiercely, Lucr. 5, 33; cf. Verg. A. 9, 794:

torva,

id. ib. 6, 467.—

With object-clause:

quod multa in terris fieri caeloque tuentur (homines), etc.,

Lucr. 1, 152; 6, 50; 6, 1163.—

Pregn., to look to, care for, keep up, uphold, maintain, support, guard, preserve, defend, protect, etc. (the predom. class. signif. of the word; cf.:

curo, conservo, tutor, protego, defendo): videte, ne... vobis turpissimum sit, id, quod accepistis, tueri et conservare non posse,

Cic. Imp. Pomp. 5, 12:

ut quisque eis rebus tuendis conservandisque praefuerat,

id. Verr. 2, 4, 63, 140:

omnia,

id. N. D. 2, 23, 60:

mores et instituta vitae resque domesticas ac familiares,

id. Tusc. 1, 1, 2:

societatem conjunctionis humanae munifice et aeque,

id. Fin. 5, 23, 65:

concordiam,

id. Att. 1, 17, 10: rem et gratiam et auctoritatem suam, id. Fam. 13, 49, 1:

dignitatem,

id. Tusc. 2, 21, 48:

L. Paulus personam principis civis facile dicendo tuebatur,

id. Brut. 20, 80:

personam in re publicā,

id. Phil. 8, 10, 29; cf.: tuum munus, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 11, 1:

tueri et sustinere simulacrum pristinae dignitatis,

Cic. Rab. Post. 15, 41:

aedem Castoris P. Junius habuit tuendam,

to keep in good order, id. Verr. 2, 1, 50, § 130; cf. Plin. Pan. 51, 1:

Bassum ut incustoditum nimis et incautum,

id. Ep. 6, 29, 10:

libertatem,

Tac. A. 3, 27; 14, 60:

se, vitam corpusque tueri,

to keep, preserve, Cic. Off. 1, 4, 11:

antea majores copias alere poterat, nunc exiguas vix tueri potest,

id. Deiot. 8, 22:

se ac suos tueri,

Liv. 5, 4, 5:

sex legiones (re suā),

Cic. Par. 6, 1, 45:

armentum paleis,

Col. 6, 3, 3:

se ceteris armis prudentiae tueri atque defendere,

to guard, protect, Cic. de Or. 1, 38, 172; cf.:

tuemini castra et defendite diligenter,

Caes. B. C. 3, 94:

suos fines,

id. B. G. 4, 8:

portus,

id. ib. 5, 8:

oppidum unius legionis praesidio,

id. B. C. 2, 23:

oram maritimam,

id. ib. 3, 34:

impedimenta,

to cover, protect, Hirt. B. G. 8, 2.—With ab and abl.:

fines suos ab excursionibus et latrociniis,

Cic. Deiot. 8, 22:

domum a furibus,

Phaedr. 3, 7, 10: mare ab hostibus, Auct. B. Afr. 8, 2.—With contra:

quos non parsimoniā tueri potuit contra illius audaciam,

Cic. Prov. Cons. 5, 11:

liberūm nostrorum pueritiam contra inprobitatem magistratuum,

id. Verr. 2, 1, 58, § 153; Quint. 5, 13, 35; Plin. 20, 14, 54, § 152; Tac. A. 6, 47 (41).—With adversus:

tueri se adversus Romanos,

Liv. 25, 11, 7:

nostra adversus vim atque injuriam,

id. 7, 31, 3:

adversus Philippum tueri Athenas,

id. 31, 9, 3; 42, 46, 9; 42, 23, 6:

arcem adversus tres cohortes tueri,

Tac. H. 3, 78; Just. 17, 3, 22; 43, 3, 4.—In part. perf.:

Verres fortiter et industrie tuitus contra piratas Siciliam dicitur,

Quint. 5, 13, 35 (al. tutatus):

Numidas in omnibus proeliis magis pedes quam arma tuta sunt,

Sall. J. 74, 3.

Act. form tŭĕo, ēre:

censores vectigalia tuento,

Cic. Leg. 3, 3, 7:

ROGO PER SVPEROS, QVI ESTIS, OSSA MEA TVEATIS,

Inscr. Orell. 4788.—

tŭĕor, ēri, in pass. signif.:

majores nostri in pace a rusticis Romanis alebantur et in bello ab his tuebantur,

Varr. R. R. 3, 1, 4; Lucr. 4, 361:

consilio et operā curatoris tueri debet non solum patrimonium, sed et corpus et salus furiosi,

Dig. 27, 10, 7:

voluntas testatoris ex bono et aequo tuebitur,

ib. 28, 3, 17.—Hence, tūtus, a, um, P. a. (prop. well seen to or guarded; hence), safe, secure, out of danger (cf. securus, free from fear).

Lit.

Absol.:

nullius res tuta, nullius domus clausa, nullius vita saepta... contra tuam cupiditatem,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 15, § 39:

cum victis nihil tutum arbitrarentur,

Caes. B. G. 2, 28:

nec se satis tutum fore arbitratur,

Hirt. B. G. 8, 27; cf.:

me biremis praesidio scaphae Tutum per Aegaeos tumultus Aura feret,

Hor. C. 3, 29, 63; Ov. M. 8, 368:

tutus bos rura perambulat,

Hor. C. 4, 5, 17:

quis locus tam firmum habuit praesidium, ut tutus esset?

Cic. Imp. Pomp. 11, 31:

mare tutum praestare,

id. Fl. 13, 31:

sic existimabat tutissimam fore Galliam,

Hirt. B. G. 8, 54:

nemus,

Hor. C. 1, 17, 5:

via fugae,

Cic. Caecin. 15, 44; cf.:

commodior ac tutior receptus,

Caes. B. C. 1, 46:

perfugium,

Cic. Rep. 1, 4, 8:

tutum iter et patens,

Hor. C. 3, 16, 7:

tutissima custodia,

Liv. 31, 23, 9:

praesidio nostro pasci genus esseque tutum,

Lucr. 5, 874:

vitam consistere tutam,

id. 6, 11:

tutiorem et opulentiorem vitam hominum reddere,

Cic. Rep. 1, 2, 3: est et fideli tuta silentio Merces, secure, sure (diff. from certa, definite, certain), Hor. C. 3, 2, 25:

tutior at quanto merx est in classe secundā!

id. S. 1, 2, 47:

non est tua tuta voluntas,

not without danger, Ov. M. 2, 53:

in audaces non est audacia tuta,

id. ib. 10, 544:

externā vi non tutus modo rex, sed invictus,

Curt. 6, 7, 1:

vel tutioris audentiae est,

Quint. 12, prooem. §

4: cogitatio tutior,

id. 10, 7, 19:

fuit brevitas illa tutissima,

id. 10, 1, 39:

regnum et diadema tutum Deferens uni,

i. e. that cannot be taken away, Hor. C. 2, 2, 21: male tutae mentis Orestes, i. e. unsound, = male sanae, id. S. 2, 3, 137: quicquid habes, age, Depone tutis auribus, qs. carefully guarded, i. e. safe, faithful, id. C. 1, 27, 18 (cf. the opp.: auris rimosa, id. S. 2, 6, 46).— Poet., with gen.:

(pars ratium) tuta fugae,

Luc. 9, 346.—

With ab and abl.: tutus ab insidiis inimici, Asin. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 31, 2:

ab insidiis,

Hor. S. 2, 6, 117:

a periculo,

Caes. B. G. 7, 14:

ab hoste,

Ov. H. 11, 44:

ab hospite,

id. M. 1, 144:

a conjuge,

id. ib. 8, 316:

a ferro,

id. ib. 13, 498:

a bello, id. H. (15) 16, 344: ab omni injuriā,

Phaedr. 1, 31, 9.—

With ad and acc.:

turrim tuendam ad omnis repentinos casus tradidit,

Caes. B. C. 3, 39:

ad id, quod ne timeatur fortuna facit, minime tuti sunt homines,

Liv. 25, 38, 14:

testudinem tutam ad omnes ictus video esse,

id. 36, 32, 6.—

With adversus:

adversus venenorum pericula tutum corpus suum reddere,

Cels. 5, 23, 3:

quo tutiores essent adversus ictus sagittarum,

Curt. 7, 9, 2:

loci beneficio adversus intemperiem anni tutus est,

Sen. Ira, 2, 12, 1:

per quem tutior adversus casus steti,

Val. Max. 4, 7, ext. 2:

quorum praesidio tutus adversus hostes esse debuerat,

Just. 10, 1, 7.—

With abl.: incendio fere tuta est Alexandria, Auct. B. Alex. 1, 3.—

Tutum est, with a subj. -clause, it is prudent or safe, it is the part of a prudent man:

si dicere palam parum tutum est,

Quint. 9, 2, 66; 8, 3, 47; 10, 3, 33:

o nullis tutum credere blanditiis,

Prop. 1, 15, 42:

tutius esse arbitrabantur, obsessis viis, commeatu intercluso sine ullo vulnere victoriā potiri,

Caes. B. G. 3, 24; Quint. 7, 1, 36; 11, 2, 48:

nobis tutissimum est, auctores plurimos sequi,

id. 3, 4, 11; 3, 6, 63.—

As subst.: tūtum, i, n., a place of safety, a shelter, safety, security: Tr. Circumspice dum, numquis est, Sermonem nostrum qui aucupet. Th. Tutum probe est, Plaut. Most. 2, 2, 42:

tuta et parvula laudo,

Hor. Ep. 1, 15, 42:

trepidum et tuta petentem Trux aper insequitur,

Ov. M. 10, 714:

in tuto ut collocetur,

Ter. Heaut. 4, 3, 11:

esse in tuto,

id. ib. 4, 3, 30:

ut sitis in tuto,

Cic. Fam. 12, 2, 3:

in tutum eduxi manipulares meos,

Plaut. Most. 5, 1, 7:

in tutum receptus est,

Liv. 2, 19, 6.—

Transf., watchful, careful, cautious, prudent (rare and not ante-Aug.;

syn.: cautus, prudens): serpit humi tutus nimium timidusque procellae,

Hor. A. P. 28:

tutus et intra Spem veniae cautus,

id. ib. 266:

non nisi vicinas tutus ararit aquas,

Ov. Tr. 3, 12, 36:

id suā sponte, apparebat, tuta celeribus consiliis praepositurum,

Liv. 22, 38, 13:

celeriora quam tutiora consilia magis placuere ducibus,

id. 9, 32, 3.—Hence, adv. in two forms, tūtē and tūtō, safely, securely, in safety, without danger.

Form tute (very rare):

crede huic tute,

Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 102:

eum tute vivere, qui honeste vivat,

Auct. Her. 3, 5, 9:

tute cauteque agere,

id. ib. 3, 7, 13.—

Form tuto (class. in prose and poetry):

pervenire,

Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 70; Lucr. 1, 179:

dimicare,

Caes. B. G. 3, 24:

tuto et libere decernere,

id. B. C. 1, 2:

ut tuto sim,

in security, Cic. Fam. 14, 3, 3:

ut tuto ab repentino hostium incursu etiam singuli commeare possent,

Caes. B. G. 7, 36. —

Comp.:

ut in vadis consisterent tutius,

Caes. B. G. 3, 13:

tutius et facilius receptus daretur,

id. B. C. 2, 30:

tutius ac facilius id tractatur,

Quint. 5, 5, 1:

usitatis tutius utimur,

id. 1, 5, 71:

ut ubivis tutius quam in meo regno essem,

Sall. J. 14, 11.—

Form tutissime: nam te hic tutissime puto fore, Pomp. ap. Cic. Att. 8, 11, A.—

Form tutissimo:

quaerere, ubi tutissimo essem,

Cic. Att. 8, 1, 2; cf. Charis. p. 173 P.:

tutissimo infunduntur oboli quattuor,

Plin. 20, 3, 8, § 14.

vēlox, ōcis, adj. [akin to volare; cf. veles], swift, quick, fleet, rapid, speedy (class.; syn.: celer, pernix, praepes).

Lit.:

juvenes,

Liv. 26, 4, 4:

pedites velocissimi ac fortissimi,

Caes. B. G. 1, 48:

velocissimus quisque,

Quint. 2, 3, 7:

Breuni,

Hor. C. 4, 14, 11:

cervi,

Verg. A. 5, 253:

catuli,

id. G. 3, 405:

Pristis,

id. A. 5, 116:

pes,

Ov. M. 1, 551:

flamma,

Lucr. 6, 688:

jaculum,

Verg. G. 2, 530:

procella,

Hor. C. 3, 27, 63:

arbores,

rapidly growing, Plin. 17, 13, 20, § 95:

toxicum,

quickly working, Hor. Epod. 17, 61; so,

genus herbae ad mortem, etiam opio velocius,

Plin. 21, 31, 105, § 180:

horae,

Ov. M. 2, 118:

anni,

Mart. 8, 8, 1:

navigatio,

Quint. 12, 2, 24:

celeritas,

Plin. 10, 24, 35, § 73:

Victoria,

Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 64:

moenia (thermae),

quickly built, Mart. Spect. 2, 7.— Poet., for the adv.:

ille velox... Desilit in latices,

Ov. M. 4, 352; Hor. C. 4, 12, 22; Luc. 9, 829.—With inf.:

nec jam hic absistere velox,

Stat. Th. 6, 797.—With ad and acc.:

piger ad poenas princeps, ad praemia velox,

Ov. P. 1, 2, 123.—

Trop.:

nihil est animo velocius,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 19, 43:

ingenio veloci ac mobili,

Quint. 6, 4, 8:

natura humani ingenii agilis ac velox,

id. 1, 12, 2:

velox ingenio,

Tac. Agr. 13:

animus,

Hor. Ep. 1, 12, 13:

acutior atque velocior in urbanitate brevitas,

Quint. 6, 3, 45; cf.:

decurrere materiam stilo quam velocissimo,

id. 10, 3, 17:

velocior (in conjectando),

Phaedr. 3, 3, 1.— Adv.: vēlōcĭter, swiftly, quickly, speedily, Ov. M. 4, 509; 11, 586; Quint. 1, 1, 28; 2, 4, 28; 8, 3, 81; Plin. 16, 44, 90, § 241.— Comp., Cic. Rep. 6, 26, 29. — Sup., Cic. Univ. 9; Caes. B. G. 5, 35; Suet. Tit. 3.

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