custodiebat
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
sg. imperf. act. ind. 3rd
Examples
XVI
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from DECLAMATIONES MAIORES
"...litoribus appulsi sumus. homines, quorum omnis casus fama custodiebat, ~consumimus~ terrore, qui parentibus statim caecitas est. hinc illud..."Liber IV
Gaius Phaedrus from FABVLARVM AESOPIARVM LIBRI QVINQVE
"...pluris altius cuniculos,peruenit ad draconis speluncam ultimam,custodiebat qui thesauros abditos.Hunc simul aspexit: "Oro ut inprudentiaedes primum..."