securitas Latin · revision 4253

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Cicero|origins=la sēcūrus}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [seːˈkuː.rɪ.taːs]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [seˈkuː.ri.tas]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''sēcūritās''' ''f'' (genitive sēcūritātis); third declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|securus|-tās|t1=free from care]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Cicero writes to Atticus that he will see a wonderful unconcern, and uses it for Democritus' calm of mind, Greek [[grc|εὐθυμία|tr=euthumía]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Köbler dates Cicero 81–43 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant freedom from anxiety, calmness, and of manner assurance, as Quintilian's unaffected style.^(OLD 2012) In a bad sense it was complacent carelessness, as in Curtius.^(OLD 2012)^(Georges 1913) It also meant freedom from danger, safety, as Velleius' hope of lasting security for the empire, and immunity from punishment.^(OLD 2012) Personified, ''Sēcūritās'' appears on imperial coins, and Ulpian uses it of security for a debt.^(OLD 2012)

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+ In medieval Latin it was a safe-conduct, a promise not to take revenge or do violence, and a document containing such a promise.^(Niermeyer 1976) English ''security'' is recorded in the early 15th century, and ''surety'' came through Old French ''seurté'' around 1300.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it of calm of mind.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 20 BC–30 AD – Velleius uses it of the security of the empire.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * before 223 AD – Ulpian uses it of security for a debt.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 1300 – English ''surety'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)

+ * early 15th century – English ''security'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # Freedom from care, calmness, composure.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ # Carelessness, negligence.^(OLD 2012)^(Georges 1913)

+ # Safety, [[m|en|security]]; immunity from punishment.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+ # ''(capitalized)'' Security personified.^(OLD 2012)

+ # Security for a debt.^(OLD 2012)

+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' A safe-conduct; a promise not to take revenge.^(Niermeyer 1976)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[en|security]]

+ * [[en|surety]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}