custos

custōs ōdis, m and f

SCV-, a guard, watch, preserver, keeper, overseer, protector, defender, attendant : corporis, a body-guard , L.: nostri, Cs.: portae: pontis, N.: cum custodibus venire, under guard , S.: gregis, V.: pecuniae quam regni melior, L.: puellae, O.: custos Quoi commendavi filium, tutor , T.: custodis eges, a guardian , H.: Virtutis, H.: dei custodes urbis: rerum Caesar, H.—Of dogs, V.: finīs custode tueri, outposts , V.— A keeper of the ballot-box, inspector (in charge of the voting-tablets): tabellarum: tribūs nullo custode sortitus.— A watch, spy : Dumnorigi custodes ponit, ut, etc., Cs.: custodem Tullio me apponite: num nam hic relictu's custos, Nequis clam curset, etc., T.— A jailer, keeper : praefectus custodum, chief jailer , N.: te sub custode tenebo, H.—Fig., a keeper, guardian : dignitatis (fortitudo): sapientia totius hominis.— A receptacle, safe, holder : eburnea Telorum, quiver , O.: turis, an incense-box , O.