safe (adj.) Copy link Outline I. Free from danger1. tūtus (of persons, places, journeys, etc.)2. mūnītus (fortified, protected)II. Uninjured; having passed through danger unhurt1. salvus (safe and sound; having escaped peril of life or existence)2. sospes, ĭtis (a word expressing more than salvus, and having a semi-poetical colouring3. incŏlŭmisIII. Fit to be trusted1. tūtus2. fīdus • safe (adj.): I. Free from danger: 1. tūtus (of persons, places, journeys, etc.): the breeze shall waft me s. through ..., me tutum per ... feret, Hor. Od. 3, 29, 63: a perfectly s. harbour, portus tutissimus, Caes. B. C. 3, 27: Cic.: et pass.: safe from ..., tutus ab (a) ..., Caes. B. G. 7, 14 (tutus a periculo): Phaedr.: Ov.: less freq., tutus adversus ..., Cels. 5, 27, 3 (adversus venenorum pericula tutum corpus). 2. mūnītus (fortified, protected): no one's chastity s. against ..., nullius pudicitia m. contra ..., Cic. Verr. 5, 15, 39. Compar. munitior occurs, Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 3, med. (se munitiorem ad custodiendam vitam fore quam Africanus fuisset). II. Uninjured; having passed through danger unhurt: 1. salvus (safe and sound; having escaped peril of life or existence): if the commonwealth shall be preserved s. for the next five years, si resp. ad quinquennium proximum servata erit, Liv. 22, 10: to lead an army through s. and unhurt, exercitum s. et incolumem transducere, Caes. B. C. 2, 32. Join also, salvus et sospes, Aug. in Suet. vit. 28. (Often salvus = alive; esp. of recovery from dangerous illness.) 2. sospes, ĭtis (a word expressing more than salvus, and having a semi-poetical colouring: heaven-favoured, under auspicious circumstances): Join: salvus et sospes, Pl.: sospes incolumisque, Plin. min.: sospes et superstes, Pl. 3. incŏlŭmis: e (unhurt, unimpaired): Join: integer et incolumis, Cic. Cat. 3, 10, fin.: inc. atque intacta, id. Rep. 2, 6: salvae et inc. [civitates], id. Inv. 2, 56, 169. III. Fit to be trusted: 1. tūtus: s. ears (which will not betray a secret), t. aures, Hor. Od. 1, 27, 18. 2. fīdus: v. trusty.