securis

Latin

Etymology

From secō (“cut”).

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /seˈkuː.ris/, [sɛˈkuː.rɪs]

Noun

secūris f (genitive secūris); third declension

  1. an axe, hatchet with a broad edge

Inflection

Third declension, alternative accusative singular in -im, alternative ablative singular in -ī and accusative plural in -īs.

Case Singular Plural
nominative secūris secūrēs
genitive secūris secūrium
dative secūrī secūribus
accusative secūrem
secūrim		 secūrēs
secūrīs
ablative secūre
secūrī		 secūribus
vocative secūris secūrēs

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References

  • securis in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • securis in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • securis in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
  • securis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to slaughter victims: victimas (oxen), hostias (smaller animals, especially sheep) immolare, securi ferire, caedere, mactare
    • to execute a person, cut off his head: securi percutere, ferire aliquem
  • securis in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • securis in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
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