tutus

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See also: Tutus and tutús

English[edit]

Noun[edit]

tutus

  1. plural of tutu

Verb[edit]

tutus

  1. third-person singular simple present indicative of tutu

French[edit]

Noun[edit]

tutus

  1. plural of tutu

Latin[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Collateral perfect participle of tueor (I care for, guard, defend, protect, etc.). Compare tuitus.

Pronunciation[edit]

Adjective[edit]

tūtus (feminine tūta, neuter tūtum, comparative tūtior, superlative tūtissimus, adverb tūtē or tūtō); first/second-declension adjective

  1. safe, prudent
    • 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 4.373:
      “Nusquam tūta fidēs.”
      “Nowhere [is my] trust safe.”
      (Queen Dido despairs of fidelity from heavenly gods or earthly men.)
  2. secure
  3. protected
    Synonyms: munitus, defensus, firmātus
    Antonyms: infestus, inermis, intutus, nudus

Declension[edit]

First/second-declension adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative tūtus tūta tūtum tūtī tūtae tūta
Genitive tūtī tūtae tūtī tūtōrum tūtārum tūtōrum
Dative tūtō tūtō tūtīs
Accusative tūtum tūtam tūtum tūtōs tūtās tūta
Ablative tūtō tūtā tūtō tūtīs
Vocative tūte tūta tūtum tūtī tūtae tūta

Derived terms[edit]

References[edit]

  • 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[1], 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