Socratos Sign in

securibus

securibus is a Latin form of securis, meaning “axe”. It is the ablative plural feminine noun.

Found 35 times in the Latin texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Caesar, De Bello Gallico 7.77.16: Quod si ea quae in longinquis nationibus geruntur ignoratis, respicite finitimam Galliam, quae in provinciam redacta iure et legibus commutatis securibus subiecta perpetua premitur servitute."

Cicero, De Fato 35: Ex hoc genere illud est Ennii: Utinám ne in nemore Pélio secúribus Caesae áccidissent ábiegnae ad terrám trabes! Licuit vel altius: Utinam ne in Pelio nata ulla umquam esset ar …

All forms of securis (declension table)

Source: Socratos (socratos.org), a free reader for Ancient Greek and Latin. Grammar from the Perseus Treebank and Morpheus; dictionary entries from Lewis & Short, A Latin Dictionary (Perseus Digital Library, CC BY-SA). Counts are from the texts on Socratos.