custodio, custodire, custodivi, custoditus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation · variant: 4th · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
guard/protect/preserve, watch over, keep safe; take heed/care, observe; restrain
Conjugations
Finite Forms
| Person | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | custodio | custodimus |
| 2 | custodis | custoditis |
| 3 | custodit | custodiunt |
Infinitives
| Voice | Tense | Forms |
|---|---|---|
| active | present | custodire |
| active | perfect | custodivisse |
| passive | present | custodiri |
Imperatives
active
present
| Person | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | custodi | custodite |
future
| Person | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | custodito | custoditote |
| 3 | custodito | custodiunto |
passive
present
| Person | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | custodire | custodimini |
future
| Person | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | custoditor | — |
| 3 | custoditor | custodiuntor |
Participles
Perfect Passive Participle
masculine
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | custoditus | custoditi |
| Gen. | custoditi | custoditorum |
| Dat. | custodito | — |
| Acc. | custoditum | custoditos |
| Voc. | custodite | custoditi |
| Abl. | custodito | — |
feminine
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | custodita | custoditae |
| Gen. | custoditae | custoditarum |
| Dat. | custoditae | — |
| Acc. | custoditam | custoditas |
| Voc. | custodita | custoditae |
| Abl. | custodita | — |
neuter
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | custoditum | custodita |
| Gen. | custoditi | custoditorum |
| Dat. | custodito | — |
| Acc. | custoditum | custodita |
| Voc. | custoditum | custodita |
| Abl. | custodito | — |
Supines
accusative: custoditum; ablative: custoditu
Examples
de Clementia
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from DIALOGI
"...abditam, at clementiam in procinctu habeo; sic me custodio, tamquam legibus, quas ex situ ac tenebris in lucem..."XVII
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from DECLAMATIONES MAIORES
"...quod malignissimum est sollicitudinis genus, me ipse custodio. satiasti me, vita, satiasti, et cum felicibus quoque veniat..."Liber VIII
Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus (Pliny the Younger) from EPISTVLARVM LIBRI DECEM
"...servis quoque quasi testamenta facere, eaque ut legitima custodio. Mandant rogantque quod visum; pareo ut iussus. Dividunt donant..."