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ex-plōro, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a., to search out, seek to discover, to examine, investigate, explore (class.; in Cic. esp. freq. in the part. perf. and P. a.; syn.: speculor, scitor, sciscitor, percontor, quaero, interrogo).

In gen.

With acc.:

explora rem totam,

Cic. Att. 6, 8, 5:

fugam domini,

id. Verr. 2, 5, 17, § 44:

ambitum Africae,

Plin. 5, 1, 1, § 8:

altera (manus) motu caecum iter explorat,

Ov. M. 10, 456:

vehiculorum onera,

Suet. Tib. 18:

glebas gustu,

Col. 2, 2, 20:

panis potionisque bonitatem gustu,

Tac. A. 12, 66 et saep.:

ad explorandum idoneum locum castris,

for choosing out, Caes. B. C. 1, 81, 1:

insidias,

to seek out, Verg. G. 3, 537.—

With rel. clause:

explorare, qui homines inhabitarent,

Petr. 116:

apud se explorare, an expediat sibi consilium,

Dig. 17, 1, 2 fin.:

exploratum est, ubi controversia incipiat,

Quint. 7, 1, 8.—

In the part. perf., examined, ascertained, known:

exploratum et provisum,

Plaut. Capt. 3, 4, 110:

jam explorata nobis sunt ea, quae, etc.,

Cic. Rep. 1, 13:

perspecta et explorata perscribere,

id. Att. 3, 15, 8; cf.:

res non incertis jactatae rumoribus, sed compertae et exploratae,

Liv. 42, 13, 1:

de numero eorum omnia se habere explorata Remi dicebant,

Caes. B. G. 2, 4, 4; id. B. C. 2, 31, 5.—In abl. neutr. absol.: explorato, it being ascertained, i. e. when he knew:

explorato, jam profectos amicos,

Tac. H. 2, 49.

In partic.

In milit. lang., to spy out, reconnoitre:

speculatoribus in omnes partes dimissis, explorat, quo commodissime itinere vallum transire possit,

Caes. B. G. 5, 49 fin.; cf. id. ib. 5, 50, 3:

itinera egressusque ejus, postremo loca atque tempora cuncta explorat,

Sall. J. 35, 5:

Siciliam adiit, Africam exploravit,

Cic. de Imp. Pomp. 12, 34:

occulte explorare loca,

Caes. B. C. 1, 66, 2:

explorato hostium consilio,

Hirt. B. G. 8, 18, 2.—In the neutr. absol.:

ante explorato et subsidiis positis,

Liv. 23, 42, 9; so id. 23, 43, 7; 27, 2 fin. —

To try, test, put to the proof (perh. not ante-Aug.):

et suspensa focis explorat robora fumus,

Verg. G. 1, 175:

taurus in adversis explorat cornua truncis,

Luc. 2, 603; cf.:

hoc jugulo dextram explora,

Sil. 11, 358:

animos,

Ov. A. A. 1, 456; Liv. 37, 7, 10:

explorans quid hostes agerent,

id. 37, 28, 6:

haec exploranda per impigros juvenes esse,

id. 22, 55:

secundae res animos,

Tac. H. 1, 15:

tyranni fidem,

Luc. 8, 582.—Hence, explōrātus, a, um, P. a. Lit., ascertained; hence, established, confirmed, certain, sure:

ut ei jam exploratus et domi conditus consulatus videretur,

Cic. Mur. 24, 49: magna et prope explorata [p. 697] spes, id. Phil. 10, 10, 20; id. Off. 3, 33, 117; id. Tusc. 5, 9, 27:

victoria,

Caes. B. G. 7, 52, 2:

ratio,

Cic. N. D. 1, 23, 64:

litterae exploratae a timore,

i. e. affording certainty, confidence, id. Att. 3, 17, 1 et saep.:

de quo mihi exploratum est, ita esse, ut scribis,

I am certain, convinced, id. Fam. 2, 16, 6; cf. id. Ac. 2, 17, 54:

quis est tam stultus, cui sit exploratum, se ad vesperum esse victurum?

id. de Sen. 19, 67:

in qua (amicitia) nihil fidum, nihil exploratum habeas,

id. Lael. 26, 97:

exploratam habere pacem,

id. Phil. 7, 6, 16:

(Deus) habet exploratum, fore, etc.,

id. N. D. 1, 19, 51:

pro explorato habebat, etc.,

Caes. B. G. 6, 5, 3.— Comp.:

facilior et exploratior devitatio legionum fore videtur, etc.,

Cic. Att. 16, 2, 4.— Sup.:

exploratissima victoria,

Vell. 84, 1.— Adv.: explōrātē, with certainty, for a certainty, securely, surely (for the most part only in Cic.):

haec ita sentio, judico, ad te explorate scribo,

Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 15, b. 3; cf. judicare, Planc. in Cic. Fam. 10, 8, 6:

satis explorate perceptum et cognitum,

Cic. N. D. 1, 1, 1:

navigare,

id. Fam. 16, 8, 1.— Comp.:

exploratius promittere,

Cic. Fam. 6, 1, 5.— Sup. seems not to occur.

mūnĭo (old form moenio, v. below), īvi or ĭi, ītum, 4 ( fut. munibis for munies, Veg. Vet. 1, 10, 5), v. a. [moenia, lit. to wall; hence], to build a wall around, to defend with a wall, to fortify, defend, protect, secure, put in a state of defence (class.).

Lit.:

arcem ad urbem obsidendam,

Nep. Tim. 3, 3:

palatium,

Liv. 1, 7:

locum,

Caes. B. G. 1, 24, 3.—With abl.:

Alpibus Italiam munierat ante natura,

Cic. Prov. Cons. 14, 34:

domum praesidiis,

id. Cat. 1, 4, 10:

castra vallo fossāque,

with palisades and a trench, Caes. B. G. 2, 5:

locum muro,

id. ib. 29.—With a homogeneous object, prov.:

magna moenis moenia,

you are undertaking a great thing, Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 73:

duovir urbis moeniendae,

Inscr. Orell. 7142.— Absol.: quod idoneum ad muniendum putarent, for fortifying, i. e. for use in the fortifications, Nep. Them. 6, 21; Hirt. B. G. 8, 31. —Also, to surround, guard, for the protection of other things: ignem ita munire ut non evagaretur, Mos. et Rom. Leg. Coll. 12, 7, 7.—

Transf.

In gen., to defend, guard, secure, protect, shelter:

Pergamum divinā moenitum manu,

Plaut. Bacch. 4, 9, 2:

hortum ab incursu hominum,

Col. 11, 3, 2:

spica contra avium morsūs munitur vallo aristarum,

Cic. Sen. 15, 51:

hieme quaternis tunicis et tibialibus muniebatur,

he defended, protected, covered himself, Suet. Aug. 82. —

To make a road, etc., i. e. to make passable by opening, repairing, or paving it:

quasi Appius Caecus viam munierit,

Cic. Mil. 7, 17:

rupem,

Liv. 21, 37:

itinera,

Nep. Hann. 3, 4:

TEMPE MVNIVIT,

Inscr. Orell. 587. —

Trop.

To guard, secure, strengthen, support (cf.:

fulcio, sustineo): meretriculis Muniendis rem cogere,

to maintain, support, Plaut. Truc. 2, 2, 54 (dub.; Speng. moenerandis; v. munero).— Am strengthening myself:

munio me ad haec tempora,

Cic. Fam. 9, 18, 2:

imperium,

to secure, Nep. Reg. 2, 2:

muniri adversus fraudes,

to secure one's self, Plin. 37, 13, 76, § 198 (dub. moneri, Jahn):

se contra ruborem,

Tac. Agr. 45:

se multorum benevolentiā,

Cic. Fin. 2, 26, 84:

se contra perfidiam,

id. Fam. 4, 14, 3:

aliquid auctoritate,

Vell. 2, 127, 2:

domum terrore,

Plin. Pan. 48, 3.—

Munire viam, to make or open a way:

haec omnia tibi accusandi viam muniebant,

prepared the way for your accusation, Cic. Mur. 23, 48:

sibi viam ad stuprum,

id. Verr. 2, 1, 25, § 64.—Hence, mūnītus, a, um, P. a., defended, fortified, protected, secured, safe (class.):

nullius pudicitia munita contra tuam cupiditatem et audaciam posset esse,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 15, § 39.— Neutr. plur. munita as subst.: munita viāi, fortification or breastwork of the mouth (cf. Homer. herkos odontôn), the lips, Lucr. 3, 498.— Comp.:

se munitiorem ad custodiendam vitam suam fore,

Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 3, 3.— Sup.:

munitissima castra,

Caes. B. G. 4, 55.— Adv.: mūnītē, securely, safely (ante-class.):

munitius,

Varr. L. L. 5, § 141. Müll.

munĭo, ōnis, a false reading for nomionem, v. Orell. and Klotz, ad h. l.; Cic. de Or. 1, 59, 251.

sē-cūrus, a, um, adj. [se = sine and cura], i. q. non or nibil curans, free from care, careless, unconcerned, untroubled, fearless, quiet, easy, composed.

Lit.

In a good sense (class.; cf. tutus); constr. absol., with de, ab, gen., or a rel.-clause:

ut, meis ab tergo tutis, securus bellum Nabidi inferam,

Liv. 31, 25:

securus solutusque,

id. 25, 39;

(with otiosus),

Quint. 5, 13, 59:

securus Hermippus Temnum proficiscitur,

Cic. Fl. 20, 46:

sine militis usu Mollia securae peragebant otia gentes,

Ov. M. 1, 100; 11, 423; 12, 129:

non secura quidem, fausto tamen omine laeta Mater abit templo,

id. ib. 9, 784; cf.:

a non securo Eumene,

Liv. 45, 19:

Ceres natā secura receptā,

easy now that she had found, Ov. M. 5, 572; cf. Tib. 1, 1, 77 (v. infra, b.):

de linguā Latinā securi es animi,

Cic. Att. 12, 52 fin.:

de bello Romano,

Liv. 36, 41:

de facilitate credentis,

Tac. A. 16, 2: securos vos ab hac parte reddemus, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 24, 8; Curt. 9, 6, 24; so,

ab hac parte,

Suet. Tib. 11.— Comp.:

securior ab Samnitibus,

Liv. 9, 22:

Romani securi pro salute de gloriā certabant,

Tac. Agr. 26:

aut pro vobis sollicitior, aut pro me securior,

id. H. 4, 58.— With gen. ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

ne sis secura futuri,

Ov. M. 6, 137; so, suis ( gen. of sus), id. ib. 7, 435:

extremi sepulcri,

Stat. Th. 12, 781:

pelagi atque mei,

unconcerned about, Verg. A. 7, 304:

amorum germanae,

id. ib. 1, 350;

10, 326: poenae,

Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 17:

tam parvae observationis (Cicero),

Quint. 8, 3, 51:

odii,

Tac. Agr. 43:

potentiae,

id. A. 3, 28:

nec securam incrementi sui patiebatur esse Italiam,

Vell. 2, 109, 4:

qui (motus) Campaniam numquam securam hujus mali...vastavit,

Sen. Q. N. 6, 1, 2:

quem (rogum) uxoria pietas mortis secura conscendit,

Val. Max. 2, 6, ext. 14:

his persuadet, ut securo fugae suae Eumeni superveniant,

Just. 13, 8, 5:

periculi,

Curt. 5, 10, 15:

discurrunt securi casus ejus, qui supervenit ignaris,

id. 9, 9, 8 (v. infra, b.). —With rel.-clause:

gestit nummum in loculos demittere, post hoc Securus, cadat an recto stet fabula talo,

Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 176; id. S. 2, 4, 50 (opp. laboret); id. C. 1, 26, 6.— With ne and subj.:

ne quis etiam errore labatur vestrum quoque, non sum securus,

Liv. 39, 16, 6.—

Of inanim. things.

Free from care, untroubled, tranquil, serene, cheerful, bright ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

deos securum agere aevum,

Lucr. 5, 82; 6, 58; Hor. S. 1, 5, 101:

quies (leti),

Lucr. 3, 211; 3, 939:

otia,

Verg. G. 3, 376:

dies,

Tib. 3, 4, 54:

merum,

id. 2, 1, 46:

mensa,

id. 3, 6, 30:

convivia,

Sen. Clem. 1, 26:

artus (Herculis),

Ov. M. 9, 240:

gaudia nato recepto,

id. ib. 7, 455:

summa malorum,

careless, id. ib. 14, 490:

olus,

i.e. of the careless idler, Hor. S. 2, 7, 30 et saep.; Quint. 10, 5, 8:

causae,

id. 11, 3, 151:

vox securae claritatis,

id. 11, 3, 64:

tempus securius,

more free from care, id. 12, 1, 20; cf.:

securior materia,

Tac. H. 1, 1 et saep.:

securos ab eo metu somnos,

Plin. 28, 9, 42, § 149. —With gen.:

vota secura repulsae,

safe against, Ov. M. 12, 199.—

Poet., that frees from care or anxiety:

latices,

Verg. A. 6, 715 (securos ab effectu, Serv. ad l. l.).—

In a bad sense, careless, reckless, heedless, negligent (post-Aug. and very rare):

reus,

Quint. 6, 1, 14; cf. id. 4, 2, 55; 11, 3, 3.—Of abstract things: castrensis jurisdictio, easy, off-hand (shortly after, opp. gravis, intentus), Tac. Agr. 9:

luxus,

id. A. 3, 54.—

Transf., object., of a thing or place, free from danger, safe, secure (not till after the Aug. period, and rare for the class. tutus):

hostis levis et velox et repentinus, qui nullum usquam tempus, nullum locum quietum aut securum esse sineret,

Liv. 39, 1:

domus,

Plin. Pan. 62, 7:

Tripolim securissimam reddidit,

Spart. Sev. 18:

securiorem,

Tac. Or. 3:

quorum (hominum) ea natura est, ut secura velint,

safety, security, id. ib. 37 fin. —With gen.:

subitā inundatione Tiberis non modo jacentia et plana urbis loca sed secura ejusmodi casuum implevit,

secure from such accidents, Tac. H. 1, 86.— Adv., in two forms,

sē-cūrē.

(Acc. to I.) Carelessly, heedlessly, fearlessly, unconcernedly, quietly (not ante-Aug.):

lente ac secure aliquid ferre,

Suet. Ner. 40; Plin. Ep. 1, 4, 3 (with neglegenter); Vell. 2, 129, 3; Val. Max. 4, 7, 1 ext. al.— Comp., Sen. Ep. 18, 8.—

(Acc. to II.) Safely, securely, Plin. Ep. 2, 17, 6.—

sēcūrĭter (late Lat.), Aug. in Joan. Ep. ad Parth. Tr. 10, 8.

sē-cūrus, a, um, adj. [se = sine and cura], i. q. non or nibil curans, free from care, careless, unconcerned, untroubled, fearless, quiet, easy, composed.

Lit.

In a good sense (class.; cf. tutus); constr. absol., with de, ab, gen., or a rel.-clause:

ut, meis ab tergo tutis, securus bellum Nabidi inferam,

Liv. 31, 25:

securus solutusque,

id. 25, 39;

(with otiosus),

Quint. 5, 13, 59:

securus Hermippus Temnum proficiscitur,

Cic. Fl. 20, 46:

sine militis usu Mollia securae peragebant otia gentes,

Ov. M. 1, 100; 11, 423; 12, 129:

non secura quidem, fausto tamen omine laeta Mater abit templo,

id. ib. 9, 784; cf.:

a non securo Eumene,

Liv. 45, 19:

Ceres natā secura receptā,

easy now that she had found, Ov. M. 5, 572; cf. Tib. 1, 1, 77 (v. infra, b.):

de linguā Latinā securi es animi,

Cic. Att. 12, 52 fin.:

de bello Romano,

Liv. 36, 41:

de facilitate credentis,

Tac. A. 16, 2: securos vos ab hac parte reddemus, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 24, 8; Curt. 9, 6, 24; so,

ab hac parte,

Suet. Tib. 11.— Comp.:

securior ab Samnitibus,

Liv. 9, 22:

Romani securi pro salute de gloriā certabant,

Tac. Agr. 26:

aut pro vobis sollicitior, aut pro me securior,

id. H. 4, 58.— With gen. ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

ne sis secura futuri,

Ov. M. 6, 137; so, suis ( gen. of sus), id. ib. 7, 435:

extremi sepulcri,

Stat. Th. 12, 781:

pelagi atque mei,

unconcerned about, Verg. A. 7, 304:

amorum germanae,

id. ib. 1, 350;

10, 326: poenae,

Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 17:

tam parvae observationis (Cicero),

Quint. 8, 3, 51:

odii,

Tac. Agr. 43:

potentiae,

id. A. 3, 28:

nec securam incrementi sui patiebatur esse Italiam,

Vell. 2, 109, 4:

qui (motus) Campaniam numquam securam hujus mali...vastavit,

Sen. Q. N. 6, 1, 2:

quem (rogum) uxoria pietas mortis secura conscendit,

Val. Max. 2, 6, ext. 14:

his persuadet, ut securo fugae suae Eumeni superveniant,

Just. 13, 8, 5:

periculi,

Curt. 5, 10, 15:

discurrunt securi casus ejus, qui supervenit ignaris,

id. 9, 9, 8 (v. infra, b.). —With rel.-clause:

gestit nummum in loculos demittere, post hoc Securus, cadat an recto stet fabula talo,

Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 176; id. S. 2, 4, 50 (opp. laboret); id. C. 1, 26, 6.— With ne and subj.:

ne quis etiam errore labatur vestrum quoque, non sum securus,

Liv. 39, 16, 6.—

Of inanim. things.

Free from care, untroubled, tranquil, serene, cheerful, bright ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

deos securum agere aevum,

Lucr. 5, 82; 6, 58; Hor. S. 1, 5, 101:

quies (leti),

Lucr. 3, 211; 3, 939:

otia,

Verg. G. 3, 376:

dies,

Tib. 3, 4, 54:

merum,

id. 2, 1, 46:

mensa,

id. 3, 6, 30:

convivia,

Sen. Clem. 1, 26:

artus (Herculis),

Ov. M. 9, 240:

gaudia nato recepto,

id. ib. 7, 455:

summa malorum,

careless, id. ib. 14, 490:

olus,

i.e. of the careless idler, Hor. S. 2, 7, 30 et saep.; Quint. 10, 5, 8:

causae,

id. 11, 3, 151:

vox securae claritatis,

id. 11, 3, 64:

tempus securius,

more free from care, id. 12, 1, 20; cf.:

securior materia,

Tac. H. 1, 1 et saep.:

securos ab eo metu somnos,

Plin. 28, 9, 42, § 149. —With gen.:

vota secura repulsae,

safe against, Ov. M. 12, 199.—

Poet., that frees from care or anxiety:

latices,

Verg. A. 6, 715 (securos ab effectu, Serv. ad l. l.).—

In a bad sense, careless, reckless, heedless, negligent (post-Aug. and very rare):

reus,

Quint. 6, 1, 14; cf. id. 4, 2, 55; 11, 3, 3.—Of abstract things: castrensis jurisdictio, easy, off-hand (shortly after, opp. gravis, intentus), Tac. Agr. 9:

luxus,

id. A. 3, 54.—

Transf., object., of a thing or place, free from danger, safe, secure (not till after the Aug. period, and rare for the class. tutus):

hostis levis et velox et repentinus, qui nullum usquam tempus, nullum locum quietum aut securum esse sineret,

Liv. 39, 1:

domus,

Plin. Pan. 62, 7:

Tripolim securissimam reddidit,

Spart. Sev. 18:

securiorem,

Tac. Or. 3:

quorum (hominum) ea natura est, ut secura velint,

safety, security, id. ib. 37 fin. —With gen.:

subitā inundatione Tiberis non modo jacentia et plana urbis loca sed secura ejusmodi casuum implevit,

secure from such accidents, Tac. H. 1, 86.— Adv., in two forms,

sē-cūrē.

(Acc. to I.) Carelessly, heedlessly, fearlessly, unconcernedly, quietly (not ante-Aug.):

lente ac secure aliquid ferre,

Suet. Ner. 40; Plin. Ep. 1, 4, 3 (with neglegenter); Vell. 2, 129, 3; Val. Max. 4, 7, 1 ext. al.— Comp., Sen. Ep. 18, 8.—

(Acc. to II.) Safely, securely, Plin. Ep. 2, 17, 6.—

sēcūrĭter (late Lat.), Aug. in Joan. Ep. ad Parth. Tr. 10, 8.

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.