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+ ==Pronunciation==
+ * IPA (Classical): [ˈtuː.tʊs]^(Wiktionary)
+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ˈtuː.tus]^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Forms==
+ '''tūtus''' (feminine tūta, neuter tūtum, comparative tūtior, superlative tūtissimus, adverb tūtē or tūtō); first/second-declension adjective^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Etymology==
+ It is a perfect participle of [[tueor]] “to watch over, protect”, beside the regular [[tuitus]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Gaffiot 2016)
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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==
+ The OLD's first citations are from Plautus, of safe places and of getting into safety.^(OLD 2012) Köbler's first source is Cicero.^(Köbler 2010) Köbler dates Plautus c. 250–184 BC.^(Köbler 2010)
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+ ==Semantic evolution==
+ It meant protected from danger, safe, secure, as Cicero's complaint that no one's property was safe, safe from punishment, and immune from disease.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016) Of persons it meant on guard, and feeling safe.^(OLD 2012) Of places it meant sheltered, safe, as in Plautus, of fortifications strong, of a prison secure, and in phrases ''in tūtō'', ''in tūtum'' and ''ex tūtō'' it meant in, into or from safety.^(OLD 2012) Of actions it meant free from risk, as in Terence and Caesar, and of persons trustworthy.^(OLD 2012) Döderlein says ''tūtus'' is safe in fact, while [[sēcūrus]] is feeling safe.^(Döderlein 1874)
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+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it meant safe, secure, cautious.^(Stelten 1995) In Medieval Latin it meant safe, unharmed.^(DMLBS) [[en|tutor]] comes from the related noun ''tūtor'' “guardian”.^(Etymonline)
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+ ==Timeline==
+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus uses it of safe places.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * 190–159 BC – Terence uses it of safe actions.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it of safety and security.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)
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+ ==Meanings==
+ ===Adjective===
+ # [[m|en|Safe]], secure, protected.^(OLD 2012)
+ # On guard; feeling safe.^(OLD 2012)
+ # ''(of places)'' Sheltered, ''in tūtō'', in safety.^(OLD 2012)
+ # Free from risk.^(OLD 2012)
+ # Trustworthy; assured.^(OLD 2012)
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+ ==Word family==
+ * [[intūtus]]
+ * [[subtutus]]
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+ ==Related words==
+ * [[tueor]]
+ * [[tūtor]]
+ * [[sēcūrus]]
+ * [[en|tutor]]
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+ ==References==
+ {{reflist}}