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tutissimum

tutissimum is a Latin form of tueor, meaning “look at, watch; protect”. It is the genitive plural masculine superlative noun or genitive plural neuter superlative noun or accusative singular masculine superlative noun or nominative singular neuter superlative noun.

Found 29 times in the Latin texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Cicero, Letters to his Friends 13.66.2: … consecuti; de qua tamen magnam spem habemus freti clementia conlegae tui. nunc quoniam tuam iustitiam secutus tutissimum sibi portum provinciam istam duxit esse, etiam atque etiam te rogo atque oro ut eum et in reliquus veteris ne …

Curtius Rufus, Historiarum Alexandri Magni 10.9.17: Stupebant inproviso malo pedites, nee plus in ipso Meleagro erat aut consilii aut animi. Tutissimum ex praesentibus videbatur expectare potius quam movere fortunam.

All forms of tueor (conjugation 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.