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tutius

tutius is a Latin form of tueor, meaning “look at, watch; protect”. It is the comparative noun or nominative singular neuter comparative noun or vocative singular neuter comparative noun or accusative singular neuter comparative noun.

Found 112 times in the Latin texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Caesar, De Bello Gallico 3.13.9: Accedebat ut, cum [saevire ventus coepisset et] se vento dedissent, et tempestatem ferrent facilius et in vadis consisterent tutius et ab aestu relictae nihil saxa et cotes timerent; quarum rerum omnium nostris navibus casus erat extimescendus.

Ovid, Amores 2.11.31: Tutius est fovisse torum, legisse libellos,

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.