custōdēla, ae, f. [custos] (ante-class. form for custodia; in later Lat. preserved only in the vulgar lang.; cf. Paul. ex Fest. p. 51, 5 Müll.),
a watch, guard, care , etc.: qui more antiquo in custodelam suom conmiserunt caput, Plaut. Rud. 3, 2, 10: in custodelam nos tuam ut recipias et tutere, id. ib. 3, 3, 34: (capram) in custodelam simiae concredere, id. Merc. 2, 1, 9: familiam pecuniamque tuam endo mandatelā tutelā custodelāque meā (esse aio), an ancient judicial formula in Gai Inst. 2, § 104 Huschke: feralis, of a corpse , Ap. Met. 2, 22, 2; publica, id. ib. 7, 13, 22; salutaris carceris, id. ib. 9, 1, 18; acrior, id. ib. 10, 14, 12.