Oxford Latin Dictionary
Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, 1722.sēcūrus on page 1722
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sēcūrus free from care
sēcūrus is a Latin Adjective that primarily means free from care.
Definitions for sēcūrus
Wheelock's Latin
Adjective
- 1
free from care, untroubled, safe
Oxford Latin Dictionary
Adjective
- 1
Free from fears or anxieties, easy in mind, untroubled. (b) (w. source of potential fear specified).
- 2
(of circumstances, existence, etc.) Marked by freedom from care, peace of mind, etc. (b) (of conditions, places) free from anxieties, undisturbed, peaceful. (c) (poet., of wine, the water of Lethe).
- 3
Confident, sure (of prospects, facts, etc.).
- 4
Wanting care, negligent; displaying indifference, nonchalant. (b) (w. gen. or indir qu.) indifferent, careless (of, as to). (c) (of performance) careless, perfunctory.
- 5
Free from danger, safe; immune (from an undesirable condition, etc.). (b) (leg.) immune from a penalty or punishment. (c) immune from question, assured.
Sentences with sēcūrus
Latin to English
Cur non et plenus vitae conviva recedis aequo animoque capis securam, stulte, quietem?Compare Why not like a banqueter full of life, withdraw with contentment and rest in peace, you fool?
Ipsa quidem Virtus sibi, solaque late Fortunae secura nitet nec fascibus ullis erigitur plausuve petit clarescere vulgi. (Panegyricus dictus Manlio Theodor Consuli, I)Compare Virtue is its own reward; alone with its far-flung splendor it mocks at Fortune; no honors raise it higher nor does it seek glory from the mob's applause.
Nihil est ... aptius ad delectationem lectoris quam temporum varietatem fortunaque vicissitudines. Quae etsi optabiles in experiendo non fuerunt, in legendo tamen erun iucundae; habet enim praeteriti doloris secura recordatio delectationem.Compare Nothing is ... more likely to delight a reader than variety of circumstances and the vicissitudes of fortune. Even though we found no pleasure in experiencing them, we enjoy reading about them: there is something delectable in calm remembrance of a past sorrow.
Data sources
Notes
- Definitions
- Frederick M. Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 6th ed., rev. Richard A. LaFleur (New York, NY: HarperCollins Publishers, 2005): 487.
- P. G. W. Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, Vols. 1-8 (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1982): 1722.
- Word frequencies
- Christopher Francese, "Latin Core Vocabulary," Dickinson College Commentaries, last modified 2014, http://dcc.dickinson.edu.
- Paul B. Diederich, The Frequency of Latin Words and Their Endings, PhD diss., (Columbia University, 1939).
- Louis Delatte, Suzanne Govaerts, Joseph Denooz, and Etienne Evrard, Dictionnaire fréquentiel et index inverse de la langue latine [Frequency Dictionary and Inverse Index of the Latin Language] (Liège, Belgium: Laboratoire d'analyse statistique des langues anciennes de l'Université de Liège [L.A.S.L.A.], 1981): 125.
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Delatte, Louis, Suzanne Govaerts, Joseph Denooz, and Etienne Evrard. Dictionnaire fréquentiel et index inverse de la langue latine [Frequency Dictionary and Inverse Index of the Latin Language]. Liège, Belgium: Laboratoire d'analyse statistique des langues anciennes de l'Université de Liège (L.A.S.L.A.), 1981.
Diederich, Paul B. The Frequency of Latin Words and Their Endings. PhD diss., Columbia University, 1939.
Francese, Christopher. "Latin Core Vocabulary." Dickinson College Commentaries. Last modified 2014. http://dcc.dickinson.edu/latin-vocabulary-list.
Gildersleeve, Basil L., and Gonzales Lodge. Gildersleeve's Latin Grammar: Third Edition, Revised, and Enlarged. 3rd ed. London, England: Macmillan and Co., 1903.
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Citation
Chicago (17th ed.)
Allo Contributors. "sēcūrus, sēcūra, sēcūrum (adj.) - Latin Word Definition." Allo Latin Dictionary. Last modified . Accessed December 22, 2024. http://ancientlanguages.org/latin/dictionary/securus-secura-securum.
Entry created on . Last updated on .
Wheelock's Latin
Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 487.on page 487
