tuto Latin · revision 31201

+ {{infobox|confidence=probable|formation=derivation|attested=81–43 BC, Cicero|origins=itc-pro *towē-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [ˈtuː.toː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [ˈtuː.to]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''tūtō''' (comparative tūtius, superlative tūtissimē or tūtissimō)^(Wiktionary)

+ The superlative is ''tūtissimē'' or, in Cicero and Pliny the Elder, ''tūtissimō''.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is formed from [[m|la|tūtus|t=safe]] with the adverbial suffix [[m|la|-ō]]; compare [[m|la|tūtē]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) De Vaan explains ⟨tūtus⟩ as the old past participle of ⟨tuor⟩, [[m|la|tueor|t=to watch over, protect]], from [[itc-pro|*towē-|t=to protect]], and compares [[sa|तवस्|tr=tavás-|t=strong]]; the Proto-Indo-European form is uncertain.^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Köbler gives Cicero as its first author,^(Köbler 2010) who tells Catiline that he “cannot in any way be safe within the same walls” as him.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It is “without risk of harm, safely, securely”, and ''tūtō esse'' is to be in safety somewhere, as in Cicero's speeches and Sallust.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero to Catiline.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 86–34 BC – Sallust has ''tūtō esse''.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adverb===

+ # [[m|en|safely|alt=Safely]], securely, without danger;^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) ''tūtō esse'', to be safe.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[tūtus]]

+ * [[tueor]]

+ * [[tūtor]]

+ * [[sēcūrē]]

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+ ==Usage notes==

+ ''Tūtō'' is also a rare first-conjugation verb, a variant of the deponent ''tūtor'', “to protect”.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}