cautēla, ae, f. [cautus, caveo] (mostly post - class.), caution, precaution.
I In gen.: si minus cum curā aut cautelā locus loquendi lectus est, Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 6 dub. (bracketed by Brix); Ap. Met. 2, 6, 3; 5, 5, 5.—
II Esp., in the jurists, = cautio, a surety , security , Dig. 3, 3, 15; 13, 7, 6; 16, 3, 14.