(adjective) : sē-cūrus, a, um, 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.
* 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
* 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.
* Poet., that frees from care or anxiety: latices,Verg. A. 6, 715 (securos ab effectu, Serv. ad l. l.).
* 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.
* Sēcūrĭter (late Lat.), Aug. in Joan. Ep. ad Parth. Tr. 10, 8.