cautela
From LSJ
Sunt verba voces quibus hunc lenire dolorem possis, magnam morbi deponere partem → Words will avail the wretched mind to ease and much abate the dismal black disease.
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
cautēla: ae, f. cautus, caveo (mostly post - class.),
I caution, precaution.
I In gen.: si minus cum curā aut cautelā locus loquendi lectus est, Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 6 dub. (bracketed by Brix); App. M. 2, p. 117, 7; 5, p. 160, 36.—
II Esp., in the jurists, = cautio, a surety, security, Dig. 3, 3, 15; 13, 7, 6; 16, 3, 14.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
cautēla, æ, f. (cautus),
1 défiance, précaution : Pl. Mil. 603 ; Apul. M. 2, 6
2 protection, défense : Minuc. 7, 6 || caution : Ulp. Dig. 3, 3, 15 || cautēlĭtās, ātis, Ennod. Ep. 8, 8.
