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sēcūrĭtas (noun F) : securus
* Freedom from care, unconcern, composure.
* Lit.
* In a good sense (class.): Democriti securitas, quae est animi tamquam tranquillitas, quam appellavit εὐθυμίαν, eo separanda fuit ab hac disputatione, quia ista animi tranquillitas ea ipsa est beata vita, Cic. Fin. 5, 8, 23: securitatem nunc appello vacuitatem aegritudinis, in quā vita beata posita est,id. Tusc. 5, 15, 42: vacandum omni est animi perturbatione, ut tranquillitas animi et securitas assit, quae affert cum constantiam tum etiam dignitatem,id. Off. 1, 21, 69: beatam vitam in animi securitate et in omnium vacatione munerum ponimus,id. N. D. 1, 20, 53; id. Lael. 15, 45 and 47; id. Att. 4, 16, 10; Liv. 36, 41; Cels. 4, 4 fin.; Quint. 5, 13, 52 (opp. cura); Plin. Ep. 6, 16, 12 (opp. timor); 7, 6, 14; 7, 10, 60; Tac. A. 3, 44; 11, 3 fin.; Sen. Ep. 105, 7: securitas inaffectatae orationis,quietness,Quint. 11, 1, 93; cf.: vocis ac vultus,Tac. A. 15, 55.—Plur. (opp. curae): somno ac securitatibus jam dudum hoc fuit,Plin. 23, 1, 23, § 41.—With gen. obj.: operosissima securitas mortis in M. Ofilio Hilaro ab antiquis traditur,Plin. 7, 53, 54, § 184.
* Transf., object., freedom from danger, safety, security (not till after the Aug. period): cum innumerabilia sint mortis signa, salutis securitatisque nulla sunt,Plin. 7, 51, 52, § 171: securitatis urbanae custos,Vell. 2, 98, 1: securitas securitate mutuā persciscenda est,Sen. Clem. 1, 19, 5; cf.: securitati ante quam vindictae consulere,Tac. A. 11, 31: perpetua Romani imperii,Vell. 2, 103, 3: tutela securitatis,id. 2, 128, 3: nec spem modo ac votum securitas publica, sed ipsius voti fiduciam assumserit,Tac. Agr. 3: itinerum,Plin. 28, 2, 4, § 21: annonae,Tac. A. 15, 18: somnum a repentinā securitate datum,Just. 11, 13, 3: dextras securitatis,a safe conduct,Vulg. 2 Macc. 11, 30.—Hence, SECVRITAS, personified as the tutelary goddess of the Roman State, Inscr. Orell. 1830 and 1831.
* Mercant. t. t., a guarantee, security for a debt or obligation (by hypothecation, mortgage; by receipt or acknowledgment, etc.): id quod sibi debetur, consequi debet vel ejus securitatem, Dig. 27, 4, 1 fin.—Plur., Amm. 17, 10, 4; Symm. Ep. 10, 43 fin.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
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