tutus

tutus

1. plural of tutu

tutus

1. third-person singular simple present indicative of tutu

tutus

1. plural of tutu

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

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈtuː.tus/, [ˈt̪uːt̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈtu.tus/, [ˈt̪uːt̪us]

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

First/second-declension adjective.

• intūtus

• “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, 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