caution (subs.) Copy link Outline I. Wariness1. cautĭo2. cūraII. A warning • caution (subs.): I. Wariness: 1. cautĭo: c. and timidity, c. et timiditas, Cic.: about things which will not allow of the exercise of c., I do not give myself very much trouble, quae cautionem non habebunt, de iis non ita valde laboro, Cic.: the matter requires c., res cautionem habet, Cic. 2. cūra: v. care. Phr.: to use great c., circumspicere diligenter, Cic.: with c. (adverb. phr.), cautē, pĕdĕtentim: v. cautiously. II. A warning: chiefly in certain phr.: to give any one a c. respecting a person or thing, *monere aliquem ut ab aliquo caveat; aliquem de aliqua re monere, commonere: v. to warn, warning: this may act as a c. to others, *hoc alios deterrere potest: v. to deter.