noun · femininefirst declension
custōdēla
custōdēla f (genitive custōdēlae)
Classical[kʊs.toːˈdeː.ɫa]Ecclesiastical[kus.toˈdɛː.la]
Meaning
- watch, protection
In tuam custodelam meque et meas spes trado, Tranio.
Translation by Henry Thomas Riley To your charge I commit myself, Tranio, and my hopes.c. 200 BCE, Plautus, Mostellaria 2.1
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | custōdēla | custōdēlae |
| genitive | custōdēlae | custōdēlārum |
| dative | custōdēlae | custōdēlīs |
| accusative | custōdēlam | custōdēlās |
| ablative | custōdēlā | custōdēlīs |
| vocative | custōdēla | custōdēlae |
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.),
I. 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, App. M. 2, p. 124, 17: publica, id. ib. 7, p. 193 fin.: salutaris carceris, id. ib. 9, p. 217, 15: acrior, id. ib. 10, p. 245, 15.Origins
Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₁-lós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₁-léh₂ Proto-Italic *-ēlā Latin -ēla Latin custōdēla From custōs, custōd- (“guardian, guard, protector, watchman”) + -ēla.