secure

secure
v. trans.
Render safe: P. βεβαιοῦν.
Secure for oneself: P. βεβαιοῦσθαι.
Strengthen: P. κρατύνειν.
Occupy: P. and V. κᾰτέχειν, Ar. and P. κᾰτᾰλαμβά̆νειν.
Fix: P. and V. πηγνύναι.
Fasten: P. and V. κλῄειν, συγκλῄειν ; see fasten.
Make fast: see bind.
Make firm: P. and V. ἐμπεδοῦν (Plat. but rare P.).
Obtain: P. and V. κτᾶσθαι, κᾰτακτᾶσθαι, λαμβά̆νειν, φέρεσθαι, κομίζεσθαι, εὑρίσκεσθαι; see obtain.
Secure as helper: P. and V. προσλαμβά̆νειν. P. and V. πᾰρέχειν (τί τινι), P. παρασκευάζειν (τί τινι), περιποιεῖν (τί τινι).
Secure a person an opportunity: P. ἐξουσίαν τινὶ παρασκευάζειν.
This service secured you the victory over the Aeginetans: P. ἡ εὐεργεσία αὕτη . . . πάρεσχεν ὑμῖν Αἰγινητῶν ἐπικράτησιν (Thuc. 1.41).
Secure the independence of the rest: P. τῶν ἄλλων μετελθεῖν τὴν ἐλευθερίαν (Thuc. 1.124).
Trusting to the hoplites on deck to secure them the victory: P. πιστεύοντες τοῖς ἐπὶ τοῦ καταστρώματος ὁπλίταις εἰς τὴν νίκην (Thuc. 1, 49).
Having secured the opening of the gates long before: P. ἐκ πολλοῦ τεθεραπευκότες τὴν ἄνοιξιν τῶν πυλῶν (Thuc. 4.67).

secure
adj.
P. and V. βέβαιος, ἀσφᾰλής.
Free from risk: P. ἀκίνδυνος.
Safe: P. and V. σῶς.
Trustworthy: P. and V. πιστός, ἀσφᾰλής, βέβαιος, ἐχέγγυος (Thuc. but rare P.), φερέγγυος (Thuc. but rare P.).
Free from fear: V. ἕκηλος.
Strong (of places): P. and V. ὀχῠρός, P. ἐχυρός, καρτερός ; see strong.
Firm: V. ἐμπεδος ; see firm.

SECURE

adj.

Safe tutus: securus [Vid: SAFE].

Careless securus: negligens: imprudens. SYN. in CARELESS

secure (adj.):

I. Free from care: sēcūrus: v. CARELESS, UNCONCERNED.

II. Safe: tūtus, (later) sēcūrus: v. SAFE.

III. Certain to be obtained: tūtus: a s. reward, t. merces, Hor. Od. 3, 2, 25: so, tutum diadema, ib. 2, 2, 21.

secure (v.):

I. To make safe, put out of danger:

1. mūnio, 4 (lit. to fortify): to s. (a place) by guards, (locum) praesidiis m., Cic. Cat. 1, 4, 8: to s. one's power (from plots, etc.), imperium m., Nep. Reg. 2: to s. oneself against fraud, muniri contra fraudes, Plin. 37, 13, 76. Also, praemūnio, 4 (to s. oneself beforehand); to s. oneself by antidotes from fear of poison, metu venenorum praemuniri medicamentis, Suet. Cal. 29.

2. firmo, confirmo, 1 (to strengthen): freq. as milit. term: to s. a place by strong fortifications, locum magnis munitionibus firmare, Caes. B. G. 6, 29: v. TO STRENGTHEN.

3. expr. by circuml. with tūtus, tūtior, (this he did) to s. himself from conspirators, *quo tutior ab insidiantibus fieret: I must endeavour to s. my friend's interest, amici res est videndum ut in tuto collocetur, Ter. Heaut. 4, 3, 11: v. SAFE.

II. To apprehend: comprehendo, 3: v. TO SEIZE, ARREST.