securis

Latin

Etymology

Related to secō (“cut”) and Proto-Slavic *sekyra (“axe”).

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

Synonyms

Derived terms
Derived terms

Descendants
  • Aromanian: secure
  • Dalmatian: sčor
  • → Byzantine Greek: τσεκούριον, σεκούριον (tsekoúrion, sekoúrion)
    • Greek: τσεκούρι (tsekoúri)
    • Aramaic:
      Jewish Aramaic: סִיקוּרְיָא ,סִיקוּרָא‎ (sīqūrā, sīqūryā)
      Classical Syriac: ܤܝܺܩܰܘܪܴܐ‎ (sīqūrā)
      • → Arabic: صَاقُور‎ (ṣāqūr, “flang, pickaxe of a miner”)
        • Sanaani Arabic: صَاقُور‎ (ṣāgūr, “axe”)
  • Italian: scure
  • Portuguese: segure, segura, secure
  • Romanian: secure
  • Romansch: sigir, siir, sagir, sieir, sgür
  • Sardinian: segura, segure, seguri, sigura
  • Spanish: segur
    • → Andalusian Arabic: شُقُور‎ (šuqūṛ, “axe”)
    • → Moroccan Arabic: شَاقُور‎ (šāqūṛ, šāqōṛ, “adze of a carpenter; hatchet”)
      • → Central Atlas Tamazight: šaquṛ (“axe”); pl. šwaqwṛ
        • ⇒ Central Atlas Tamazight: tašaquṛt (“small axe, hatchet”); pl. tašaquṛin
    • → Algerian Arabic: شَاقُور‎ (šāqūṛ, šāqōṛ, “adze of a carpenter; hatchet”)
        • ⇒ Algerian Arabic: شَاقُورَة‎ (šāqūṛa, šāqōṛa, “small axe, hatchet”)
    • → Tunisian Arabic: شَقُور ,شَاقُور‎ (šāqūr, šaqūr, “adze of a carpenter; hatchet”)
    • → Egyptian Arabic: شَقُورَة‎ (šaʾūṛa, “adze for agricultural purposes”)
  • Venetian: sigureto

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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