English → Latin
“guardian” in Latin
custōsa guard, protector, watchman; a guardian, tutor; a jailertūtorto guard, protect, defend; to ward off, avertcūrōto arrange, see to, attend to, take care of, look after, ensure, tend to; to heal, cure; to govern, command, preside ovecōnstituōto place, put, locate, lay; to set up, establish, constitute, found; to build, erect, constructīnstituōto set up, establish, found, institute or arrange; to train, teach, instruct, educate (usually by a course of training);
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
guardian
That is intrusted with the care of anything, custos.
That has the care of one under age, tutor: curator (of persons of age; Vid: Heinec., Antiq. Rom. Synt., 1, 23, 6, p. 226, sq.). To make anybody a guardian, aliquem tutorem (or curatorem) constituere or instituere: to make anybody the guardian of one’s children, aliquem tutorem instituere filiorum orbitati; tutelam filiorum alicui committere; alicui aliquem tutorem (or curatorem) dare; aliquem alicui tutorem scribere (if appointed by will): to be anybody’s guardian, alicui tutorem esse, alicujus tutorem agere: alicujus tutelam administrare (of one under age): aliquem curare (of one who is of age): to have anybody for one’s guardian, aliquem tutorem habere or in tutela alicujus esse (of one under age): ab aliquo curari (if of age).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for guardian?
- The usual Latin words for “guardian” are custōs, tūtor, cūrō; also cōnstituō, īnstituō. 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.