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Gallia est omnis dīvīsa in partēs trēs, quārum ūnam incolunt Belgae.

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Digitized by Distributed Proofreaders from William Smith and Theophilus D. Hall, A Copious and Critical English-Latin Dictionary (1871), and generously placed into the public domain.
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• secureness: ; security:
    1. I. Freedom from danger:
      1. 1. sălus: the s. of states is placed in the counsels of the best men, in optimorum consiliis posita est civitatium s., Cic. Rep. 1, 34, init.: v. safety.
      2. 2. incŏlŭmĭtas: to retain s. and freedom, incolumitatem ac libertatem retinere, id. Inv. 2, 56, 168: v. safety.
      3. 3. sēcūrĭtas (late in this sense): whilst the signs of death are innumerable, there are none of safety and s., cum innumerabilia sint mortis signa, salutis s.que nulla sunt, Plin. 7, 51, 52: the guardian of the s. of the city, s. urbanae custos, Vell. 2, 98, init.: the s. of the supply of corn, annonae s., Tac. A. 15, 18, init.
    2. II. Freedom from anxiety: sēcūrĭtas: Vell. 2, 118 (frequentissimum initium esse calamitatis securitatem): Quint.
    3. III. That which guards from danger or insures safety:
      1. 1. praesĭdium: neither armies nor treasures are the s. of a kingdom, but friends alone, non exercitus neque thesauri praesidia regni sunt, verum amici, Sall. B. J. 10, med.: v. guard: defence.
      2. 2. prōpugnācŭlum (lit. a bulwark: fig., any defence or protection): the Aelian and Fufian laws, the s.s of our peace, lex Aelia et Fufia pr. tranquillitatis, Cic. Pis. 4, 9: s.s of tyranny, tyrannidis p., Nep. Timol. 3, med.: v. safeguard.
    4. IV. Pledge; guarantee to secure the payment of a debt, etc.:
      1. 1. cautio (the most general word): weak s.s, c. infirmae, Cic. Fam. 7, 18, init.: to offer s., cautionem proferre, Sen. Ben. 3, 7, extr.: to give s., c. cavere, Venul. Dig. 46, 8, 6: also c. offerre, Papin. ib. 40, 4, 50: and c. interponere, Julian. ib. 44, 1, 11: to demand s. from any one, ab aliquo c. exigere, Suet. Aug. 98, med.
      2. 2. sătisdătio, or separately, sătis dătio (giving of bail or other security legal term): there are some s.s after the sale, sunt aliquot satisdationes secundum mancipium, Cic. Att. 5, 1, init.
      3. 3. pignus, ŏris, n. (a pledge of any kind): to accept any one's property as a s., rem alicujus pignori accipere, Tac. H. 3, 65, med.: to give s. for any one, pignoribus alicui cavere, Ulp. Dig. 43, 3., 2: to take away the s. (i. e. the s. given by senators for their fines), p. auferre, Cic. de Or. 3, 1, 4: to take s.s, pignora capere, Liv. 3, 38, fin.
      4. 4. sēcūrĭtas (mercant. t.): Ulp. Dig. 27, 4, 1, fin.: v. guarantee.
      5. 5. vădĭmōnĭum: v. bail.
      6. 6. sponsio: v. bail. To give s.: căveo, cāvi, cautum, 2: the states give s. with hostages for the payment of the money, civitates obsidibus de pecunia cavent, Caes. B. G. 6, 2, init.: to give s. with one's life for anything, c. capite pro re aliqua, Plin. 34., 7, 17: to give s. for twice the amount, c. in duplum, Suet. Aug. 41, init. To get s.: căveo, 2: I will not discharge the debt for you, Brutus, unless I first get s. from you, tibi ego, Brute, non solvam, nisi prius a te caveo, Cic. Brut. 5, 18: cf. id. Verr. 2., 23, 55 (ab sese caveat). To take, give, ask, offer, etc., s.: expr. by sătis with the following verbs, accĭpio., căveo, do, exĭgo, pĕto, offĕro: to take s., s. accipere, id. Quint. 11, 44: Pomp. Dig. 45, 1, 4: to give s., s. cavere, Paul. Dig. 7 1, 60; s. dare (also as one word, satisdo), Cic. Quint. 13, 44: id. Att. 5, 1, init. (de satisdando) Gai. Dig. 2, 8, 1: to ask s., s. exigere, Paul. Dig. 26, 7, 45, fin.: to offer s., Ulp. ib. 26, 10, 5: s. s. petere, id. ib. 36, 4, 3.
    5. V. One who gives s.: a surety:
      1. 1. vas vădis, m. (in gen. sense): he who promised bail for another man was called a s., v. appellatus, qui pro altero vadimonium promittebat, Varr. L. L. 6, 7, 71: the one (Damon) became a s., alter (Damon) v. factus est, Cic. Off. 3, 10, 45: thou wilt give thyself as a s. in the place of a friend, id. Fin. 2, 24, 79: cf. Liv. 39, 41, fin. (aut vades deseruerant).
      2. 2. praes, praedis, m. (one who gives s. for another in a civil action, as opp. to vas which denotes a surety in general: v. Dict. Ant. 954): to be s. for any one, p. pro aliquo esse, Cic. Att. 12, 52, init.: to give s.s., praedes dare, id. Rab. Post. 4, 8: cf. id. Verr. 2, 1, 54, 142 (cavere populo praedibus ac praediis).
      3. 3. sponsor: because you are Pompey's s., quod s. es pro Pompeio, id. Fam. 6, 18, med.: the s.s and creditors of L. Trebellius, s. et creditores L. Trebellii, id. Phil. 6, 4, 11: Prov. Cons. 18, 43.
      4. 4. fĭdĕjussor (only used by the legal writer Justin.): cf. Justin. Inst. 3, 20: Dig. 27, 7.