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
- L
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..." - M
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..." - G
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..."