securitas
Latin
Etymology
sēcūrus + -tās
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /seːˈkuː.ri.taːs/, [s̠eːˈkuːrɪt̪äːs̠]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /seˈku.ri.tas/, [seˈkuːrit̪äs]
Noun
sēcūritās f (genitive sēcūritātis); third declension
- security, safety
- Synonyms: impūnitās, salūs
- Nihil tam alte insederat eius animo, quam securitas rei publicae ― He desired nothing so much, as the safety of the commonwealth.
Declension
Third-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | sēcūritās | sēcūritātēs |
| Genitive | sēcūritātis | sēcūritātum |
| Dative | sēcūritātī | sēcūritātibus |
| Accusative | sēcūritātem | sēcūritātēs |
| Ablative | sēcūritāte | sēcūritātibus |
| Vocative | sēcūritās | sēcūritātēs |
Descendants
- Asturian: seguridá
- Catalan: seguretat
- English: security, surety
- French: sécurité, sûreté
- Italian: sicurtà
- Occitan: seguretat
- Old French: seurté
- Portuguese: seguridade
- Romanian: securitate
- Spanish: seguridad
References
- “securitas”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “securitas”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- securitas 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)
- securitas in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette