tutus

See also: Tutus and tutús

English

Noun

tutus

plural of tutu

Verb

tutus

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of tutu

French

Noun

tutus

plural of tutu

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈtuː.tus/, [ˈt̪uːt̪ʊs̠]

(Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈtu.tus/, [ˈt̪uːt̪us]

Adjective

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

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.)
secure
protected
Synonyms: munitus, defensus, firmātus
Antonyms: infestus, inermis, intutus, nudus

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

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

Derived terms

intūtus

References

“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