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+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=c. 20 BC–30 AD, Velleius Paterculus|origins=itc-pro *kwois-ā-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [seːˈkuː.reː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [seˈkuː.re]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''sēcūrē''' (comparative sēcūrius, superlative sēcūrissimē)^(Wiktionary)

+ The comparative is ''sēcūrius''.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|sēcūrus|-ē|t1=free from care]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) De Vaan says that [[m|la|sēcūrus]] was formed directly from [[m|la|cūra|t=care]], with [[m|la|sē-|t=apart, without]];^(de Vaan 2008) he traces [[m|la|cūra]] to [[itc-pro|*kwois-ā-|t=care, watch]], perhaps from a root [[ine-pro|*kwei-|t=to take notice, heed]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Köbler dates it from Seneca.^(Köbler 2010) The OLD's first example is in Velleius Paterculus, of keeping someone honourably but not without anxiety.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It means without fear or misgivings, with an easy mind, unconcernedly.^(OLD 2012) Wiktionary also gives carelessly and quietly.^(Wiktionary) The jurists use it for so as to leave no room for doubt, definitely, and for safely, without risk that an act will be altered or annulled, as Ulpian does of making a will.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 20 BC–30 AD – Velleius Paterculus, “without anxiety”.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 4 BC–65 AD – Seneca.^(Köbler 2010)

+ * before 223 AD – Ulpian, “definitely” and “safely”.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adverb===

+ # Without fear, with an easy mind, [[m|en|unconcernedly]];^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) carelessly.^(Wiktionary)

+ # ''(law)'' Definitely, so as to leave no doubt.^(OLD 2012)

+ # ''(law)'' [[m|en|safely|alt=Safely]], without risk of being altered or annulled.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[sēcūrus]]

+ * [[sēcūritās]]

+ * [[cūra]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}