cautio
Latin > English
cautio cautionis N F :: bail/pledge/security, undertaking, guarantee; caution/wariness; circumspection
cautio cautio cautionis N F :: taking of precautions/care; precaution; stipulation, proviso, exception
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
cautĭo: (old uncontr. form cauĭtĭo, acc. to Paul. ex Fest. p. 61 Müll.), ōnis, f. caveo,
I a guarding or taking care of one's self, wariness, precaution, caution, heedfulness, circumspection, εὐλάβεια (besides the comic poets, mostly in Cic.).
I In gen.: a malis natură declinamus: quae declinatio, si cum ratione fiet, cautio appelletur; quae autem sine ratione, nominetur metus, Cic. Tusc. 4, 6, 13: cautio et timiditas, id. de Or. 2, 74, 300: omnium horum vitiorum atque incommodorum una cautio est atque una provisio, ut ne, id. Lael. 21, 78: cautio ac diligentia, id. Font. 1, 2; id. Att. 1, 19, 8; initium suspitionis et cautionis et diligentiae, id. Fam. 9, 24, 1.—
b (Mihi) cautio est = cavendum est, caution is necessary (a colloquial phrase), Plaut. Bacch. 4, 2, 15; id. Poen. 1, 3, 36; id. Ps. 1, 2, 38; Ter. And. 2, 3, 26; id. Ad. 3, 3, 67: mea cautio est, I must see to it, Cic. Att. 5, 4, 4 (al. captio).—
c Res cautionem habet.
(a) The matter requires caution: habet multas cautiones, Cic. Off. 1, 14, 42.—
(b) The matter admits of caution, Cic. Fam. 11, 21, 3.—
II T. t., in law, that by which one places himself or another in safety, an obligation, security, bond, warranty, Uail (written or oral): quoniam vestrae cautiones infirmae sunt, Graeculam tibi misi cautionem chirographi mei, Cic. Fam. 7, 18, 1; v. such a written bond in Dig. 12, 1, 40: prolatis cautionibus, Sen. Ben. 3, 7, 7: cavere, Dig. 46, 8, 6: offerre, ib. 40, 4, 50: interponere, ib. 44, 1, 11: cautionem praebere alicui indemnitatis, ib. 3, 5, 30 et saep.—With acc. and inf., Suet. Aug. 98.—Of an oral warranty, pledge, Cic. Sest. 7, 15.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
cautĭō,¹¹ ōnis, f. (cavitio, caveo),
1 action de se tenir sur ses gardes, précaution : mea cautio et timiditas Cic. de Or. 2, 300, mes précautions et ma circonspection ; horum una cautio est ut Cic. Læl. 78, il n’y a qu’un moyen de se prémunir là contre, c’est de ; mihi cautio est Pl. Bacch. 597, il faut que je prenne garde ; mea cautio est Cic. Att. 5, 4, 4, c’est à moi de veiller à ; hoc habet multas cautiones Cic. Off. 1, 42, cela demande sur bien des points de la prudence ; cautionem non habere Cic. Fam. 11, 21, 3, ne pas comporter de prudence, être inévitable
2 caution, garantie : in juris scientia est cautionum præceptio Cic. Or. 131, le droit enseigne les garanties légales ; cautio chirographi mei Cic. Fam. 7, 18, 1, la garantie de ma signature || reçu [d’un débiteur] : cautiones fiebant pecuniarum Cic. Domo 129, on faisait signer des reçus de sommes || engagement : hunc Pompeius omni cautione devinxerat [avec prop. inf.] Cic. Sest. 25, Pompée avait obtenu de lui toutes les promesses possibles, garantissant que...
Latin > German (Georges)
cautio, ōnis, f. (zsgz. aus cavitio [s. Paul. ex Fest. 61, 3], von caveo), I) die Behutsamkeit, Vorsicht, incommodorum, Vorsicht bei usw., Cic.: defendendi, Cic.: cautionem adhibere, Cic. – Dah.: a) (mihi) cautio est, es ist Vorsicht nötig, m. folg. ne u. Konj., Plaut. u. Ter. – b) res cautionem habet, d.i. α) die Sache bedarf der Vorsicht, sed habet multas cautiones, erfordert viele Rücksichten, Cic. de off. 1, 42. – β) die Sache läßt Vorsicht zu, verstattet Vorsicht, Cic. ep. 11, 21, 3. – II) insbes., als jurist. t. t., Sicherheit, Gewährleistung, Bürgschaft, Kaution (sie bestehe in Verschreibung, Obligation od. in sachlichem Unterpfand), chirographi, handschriftliche, Cic.: cautionem cavere, ICt.: cautionem idoneam offerre, ICt.: cautionem interponere, ICt. – mit folg. Acc. u. Infin., Suet. Aug. 98, 2. – übtr., alqm omni cautione devinxisse mit folg. Acc. u. Infin., Cic. Sest. 15.