tutus

See also: Tutus and tutús

English

Noun

tutus

1. plural of tutu

Verb

tutus

1. third-person singular simple present indicative of tutu

French

Noun

tutus

1. 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]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈtu.tus/, [ˈt̪uːt̪us]

Adjective

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

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	tūtus	tūta	tūtum		tūtī	tūtae	tūta
Genitive	tūtī	tūtae	tūtī		tūtōrum	tūtārum	tūtōrum
Dative	tūtō		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^[1], 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