English → Latin
“custody” in Latin
custōdiaprotection, safekeeping; custody, guardianship; prisonercūracare, concern, thought; pains, industry, diligence, exertion; anxiety, grief, sorrowtūtēlatutelage, guardianship; dependent, client; watching, keeping, charge, carepraesidiumdefence, protection, guardianship; help, aid, assistance; guard, garrison, convoy, escortvinculumAny instrument whereby anything is bound or tied up; bond, band, fetter, chain, cord, tie, link; a bond, obligation, bininclūdōto shut up or in, confine, enclose, imprison, keep in; to obstruct, restrain, hinder; to limit, controlcondōto put together; to build, establish; form, fashion; make, construct; to put away, store or treasure up; preserve; intercomprehendōto lay hold of something on all sides; take or catch hold of, grasp, grip; to seize upon in a hostile manner, lay hold oservōto maintain, keep; to protect, save, keep, guard, safeguard, watch over; to give heed to, pay attention to; watch, obserretineōto keep or hold back, detain, restrain, retain, confine, contain; delay; to hold in check, repress, check, stop, stay; t
The English word custody itself goes back to Latin custōs, through custōdia.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
custody
Imprisonment, custodia (general term): career: vincula, plur. To keep anybody in custody, aliquem custodia asservare: to take anybody into custody, aliquem in custodiam dare, or includere, or condere; comprehendere: to be in custody, in custodia esse: in custodia haberi or servari: custodia teneri or retineri. [☞ For custodia libera, and the different degrees of custody, Vid: IMPRISONMENT.]
Charge, cura: custodia: also (The words are found in this connection and order.) cura custodiaque: tutela: praesidium [SYN. in CHARGE]: to have in one’s custody, curare, regere, moderari aliquid: to give into anybody’s custody, credere alicui alicujus rei custodiam; aliquid in custodiam alicujus concredere or committere: to give anybody into anybody’s custody, aliquem alicujus curae custodiaeque mandare; aliquem alicui in disciplinam tradere (for the sake of being taken care of and brought up).
Defence, praesidium: custodia (the latter, safeguard). Vid. DEFENCE, PROTECTION.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for custody?
- The usual Latin words for “custody” are custōdia, cūra, tūtēla; also praesidium, vinculum, inclūdō. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.