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
Liber XXXII
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...seruilis prope tumultus est excitatus. Obsides Carthaginiensium Setiae custodiebantur: cum iis ut principum liberis magna uis seruorum erat..."Liber XXV
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...patientis, aditum sibi ad obsides Thurinos Tarentinos inuenit. custodiebantur in atrio Libertatis minore cura, quia nec ipsis..."Liber IX
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...pergit, ubi equites Romani obsides ad Caudium dati custodiebantur, Publilius in Samnio substitit adversus Caudinas legiones. Distendit..."