noun · femininefirst declension
tūtēla
tūtēla f (genitive tūtēlae)
Classical[tuːˈteː.ɫa]Ecclesiastical[tuˈtɛː.la]
Meaning
- tutelage, guardianship
De Tadiana re mecum Tadius locutus est te ita scripsisse, nihil esse iam, quod laboraretur, quoniam hereditas usu capta esset. Id mirabamur te ignorare, de tutela legitima, in qua dicitur esse puella, nihil usu capi posse.
Translation by Evelyn Shirley Shuckburgh As to the business of Tadius. He tells me that you have written him word that there was no need of farther trouble, since the property is secured by prescription. I am surprised that you do not know that in the case of a statutory wardship of an unmarried girl prescription cannot be pleaded.68 BCE – 44 BCE, Cicero, Epistulae ad Atticum 1.5.6 - dependent, client
- watching, keeping, charge, care
- safeguard, defence, protection
Invitent croceis [apes] halantes floribus horti Et custos furum atque avium cum falce saligna
May gardens bright, fragrant with flower, lure them [the bees] and Hellespontian Priap with his willow scythe the robbing bee and the birds keep away.c. 37 BCE – 30 BCE, Vergilius, Georgicon 4.109–111
Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers
cūra dēfendendītūtēla -ae (f) — in IVLIANVS II: Imperium, ch. 13
cūra, custōdiatūtēla -ae (f) — in Metamorphoses I, ch. 16
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | tūtēla | tūtēlae |
| genitive | tūtēlae | tūtēlārum |
| dative | tūtēlae | tūtēlīs |
| accusative | tūtēlam | tūtēlās |
| ablative | tūtēlā | tūtēlīs |
| vocative | tūtēla | tūtēlae |
tūtēla, ae, f. 1. tutor,
I. a watching, keeping, charge, care, safeguard, defence, protection (syn.: praesidium, cura).
I. Lit.
A. In gen.:
tutelam januae gerere, Plaut. Truc. 2, 1, 43: foribus tutelam gerere, id. Trin. 4, 2, 28: viae, Dig. 31, 1, 30: suo tergo tutelam gerere, Plaut. Trin. 4, 3, 51: nunc de septis, quae tutandi causā fundi fiant dicam. Earum tutelarum genera quattuor, etc., Varr. R. R. 1, 14, 1: pecudum silvestrium, care, management, Col. 9, praef. § 1: boum, id. 6, 2, 15: aselli, id. 7, 1, 2: tenuiorum, support, maintenance, Suet. Caes. 68: lanae tutelam praestant contra frigora, Plin. 29, 2, 9, § 30: ut villarum tutela non sit oneri, id. 18, 5, 6, § 31; 35, 3, 4, § 14: classis, Just. 16, 3, 9: cum de hominis summo bono quaererent, nullam in eo neque animi neque corporis partem vacuam tutela reliquerunt, Cic. Fin. 4, 14, 36: tutela ac praesidium bellicae virtutis, id. Mur. 10, 22: Apollo, cujus in tutelā Athenas antiqui historici esse voluerunt, id. N. D. 3, 22, 55; cf.: quare sit in ejus tutela Gallia, cujus, etc., id. Prov. Cons. 14, 35: intellegi volumus salutem hominum in ejus (Jovis) esse tutela, id. Fin. 3, 20, 66: Juno, cujus in tutelā Argi sunt, Liv. 34, 24, 2; Plin. 28, 2, 4, § 18: subicere aliquid tutelae alicujus, Cic. Fin. 4, 14, 38: filios suos parvos tutelae populi commendare, id. de Or. 1, 53, 228: dii, quorum tutelae ea loca essent, Liv. 1, 6, 4: quae suae fidei tutelaeque essent, id. 24, 22, 15: publicae tutelae esse, id. 42, 19, 5; 21, 41, 12: te Jovis impio Tutela Saturno Eripuit, Hor. C. 2, 17, 23: ut dicar tutelā pulsa Minervae, Ov. M. 2, 563: dique deaeque omnes, quibus est tutela per agros, Prop. 3, 13 (4, 12), 41: ut te generi humano, cujus tutela et securitas saluti tuae innisa est, incolumem praestarent, Plin. Ep. 10, 52 (60).— With gen. obj.: loci, protection, Just. 41, 5, 3.—B. In partic., jurid. t. t., the office of a guardian, guardianship, wardship, tutelage of minors, insane persons, etc.:
tutela est, ut Servius definit, vis ac potestas in capite libero ad tuendum eum, qui propter aetatem suā sponte se defendere nequit, jure civili data ac permissa, Dig. 26, 1 (De tutelis), 1: tradere aliquem in tutelam alicujus, Pac. ap. Cic. de Or. 2, 46, 193: in suam tutelam venire, to become one's own master, come of age, Cic. de Or. 1, 39, 180; Dig. 37, 11, 8, § 1; Cic. Top. 10, 44; id. Brut. 52, 195; 53, 197; id. Inv. 2, 21, 62; Gai. 2, 179; Nep. Eum. 2, 1; rarely in the order, in tutelam suam venire, Cic. Inv. 2, 42, 122: tutelae suae fieri, Sen. Ep. 33, 10: fraudare pupillum, qui in tutelam pervenit, Cic. Rosc. Com. 6, 16: alicujus tutelam accipere, Varr. R. R. 3, 2, 17: ad sanos abeat tutela propinquos, Hor. S. 2, 3, 218: rei publicae, Cic. Off. 1, 25, 85: tutelam filiorum servo committere, Just. 4, 2, 5: tutelam pupilli suscipere, id. 30, 2, 8: gerere, Val. Max. 6, 6, 1: nancisci, to become guardian, Just. Inst. 1, 12, 6: administrare, Dig. 26, 7, 3, § 2: reddere, ib. 5, 1, 2, § 3.—II. Transf., concr.
A. Act., like our watch, of that which guards or protects, a keeper, warder, guardian, protector (mostly poet.):
(Philemon et Baucis) templi tutela fuere, Ov. M. 8, 711: prorae tutela Melanthus, i. e. the pilot at the prow, = proreta, id. ib. 3, 617: o tutela praesens Italiae (Augustus), Hor. C. 4, 14, 43: (Achilles) decus et tutela Pelasgi Nominis, Ov. M. 12, 612: rerum tutela mearum Cum sis (shortly before: curator a praetore datus), Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 103.—Of the image of the tutelar deity of a ship: navis, cujus tutela ebore caelata est, etc., Sen. Ep. 76, 13; Lact. 1, 11, 19; cf. Sil. 14, 543; Petr. 105 and 108.—Of the tutelar deity of a place, Petr. 57; Auct. Priap. 37; Hier. in Isa. 57, 7; Inscr. Orell. 1698 sq.; 1736.—2. A remedy against, cure:
si qua est tutela podagrae, Grat. Cyn. 478.— B. Pass., of that which is guarded or protected, a charge, care.
1. In gen. (poet.):
virginum primae puerique claris Patribus orti, Deliae tutela deae, Hor. C. 4, 6, 33: Lanuvium annosi vetus est tutela draconis, Prop. 4 (5), 8, 3. sit, precor, tutela Minervae Navis, Ov. Tr. 1, 10, 1 sq.—2. In partic., in jurid. lang., that which is under guardianship or tutelage: in officiis apud majores ita observatum est: primum tutelae, deinde hospiti, deinde clienti, tum cognato, postea affini, a ward, Massur. ap. Gell. 5, 13, 5.—Of the property of a ward:
mirabamur, te ignorare, de tutelā legitimā ... nihil usucapi posse, Cic. Att. 1, 5, 6: nihil potest de tutelā legitimā sine omnium tutorum auctoritate deminui, id. Fl. 34, 84; Dig. 26, 7, 5.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
tūtēla ae, f
2 TV-, a watching, keeping, charge, care, safeguard, defence, protection : nullam corporis partem vacuam tutelā relinquere: Apollo, cuius in tutelā Athenas esse voluerunt: filios suos tutelae populi commendare: dii, quorum tutelae ea loca essent, L.: tutelae nostrae (eos) duximus, regarded as under our protection , L.: ut dicar tutelā pulsa Minervae, O.—In law, the office of guardian, guardianship, wardship, tutelage : qui tibi in tutelam est traditus: in suam tutelam venire, i. e. to come of age : ad sanos abeat tutela propinquos, H.: tutelarum iura.— A keeper, ward, guardian, watch, protector : (Philemon et Baucis) templi tutela fuere, O.: prorae tutela Melanthus, i. e. the pilot , O.: o tutela praesens Italiae (Augustus), H.— A charge, care, trust : mirabamur, te ignorare, de tutelā legitimā . . . nihil usucapi posse, i. e. a ward's esiate.—A ward : Virginum primae puerique Deliae tutela deae, H.: tutela Minervae Navis, O.: vetus draconis, Pr.
Origins
Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₁-lós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₁-léh₂ Proto-Italic *-ēlā Latin -ēla Latin tūtēla From tueor (“watch; guard”) + -ēla.
Descendants
- Catalantutela
- Italiantutela
- Frenchtutellefrom Old French tutele
- Englishtutele
- Portuguesetutela
- Romaniantutelă
- Spanishtutela
- Galiciantutela
- Middle Englishtutelefrom Old French tutele
- Siciliantutila
In English words that came into English from tūtēla
- tulletūtēla
- tutelagetūtēla
- tutelarytūtēlārius
- tutelartūtelāris