custodiebantur
Dictionary entries
- Entry →custodio, custodire, custodivi, custoditus:
Verb · 4th conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
guard/protect/preserve, watch over, keep safe; take heed/care, observe; restrain
pl. imperf. pass. ind. 3rd
Examples
- T
Liber XXXII
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...seruilis prope tumultus est excitatus. Obsides Carthaginiensium Setiae custodiebantur: cum iis ut principum liberis magna uis seruorum erat..." - T
Liber XXV
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...patientis, aditum sibi ad obsides Thurinos Tarentinos inuenit. custodiebantur in atrio Libertatis minore cura, quia nec ipsis..." - T
Liber IX
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...pergit, ubi equites Romani obsides ad Caudium dati custodiebantur, Publilius in Samnio substitit adversus Caudinas legiones. Distendit..."