• GUARD

1. v. custodire (the proper word, from or against anything, ab aliqua re or contra aliquid; also, IMPROP. = observare): servare: asservare (to take care of, to watch): munire (to protect against anything, ab aliqua re, contra or adversus aliquid): tegere: protegere (ab aliqua re or contra aliquid; Vid: also, To DEFEND). To guard the defiles by a strong redoubt, fauces regionis valido munimento sepire: to guard anything against fire, aliquid contra ignem firmare; against frost and the weather, a frigore et tempestate munire; contra frigorum aestusque injuriam tueri (e.g., the head): to guard against anything [Vid: “to be on one’s GUARD,” s.] : to guard against the cold, a frigore se defendere: to guard the house, domum servare or custodire: to be guarded, custodiri; in custodia esse: to have anything guarded, custodem (custodes) imponere alicui rei, seldom in re; anybody, alicui (never in aliquo; Vid: Bremi, Nep., Cim., 4, 1); custodias alicui circumdare: to have a place guarded, locum custodiis munire.

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• s. The act of keeping or preservng, conservatio: custodia (a watching).
• Man or men posted to guard a place, custos (general term); vigil (nocturnus, by night): excubitor (Vid: plur., below). Guards, custodia: custodes (general terms); excubitores: excubiae (for the security of a place, as well by day as by night; also the right term for sentinels before a palace); vigiliae: vigiles (at night; patrols); statio: stationes (outposts; pickets; especially in the day). To post guards, custodias, or vigilias, or stationes disponere.
• The office or state of being a guard, vigiliae: statio [SYN. above]. To be going to mount guard, excubiae in stationem procedunt; milites in stationes succedunt; *in stationum vices succedere (the last of the soldiers that relieve the posts): to come off guard, de statione decedere: to be on guard (of a soldier), excubare or excubias agere (general term); vigilias agere (at night); stationem agere: in statione esse: stationem habere (to be on duty, to be posted as sentinel): stationem regere or stationi praeesse (of the officer): the officer on guard, *stationi praefectus or praepositus.
• A soldier belonging to the life-guards, miles praetorianus (Silver Age).
• State of readiness to ward off an attack, cautio. To be on one’s guard against anything or anybody, cavere aliquid or aliquem (sibi) cavere ab aliqua re or ab aliquo; also, with ne, ut: one must be on one’s guard, cauto or praecauto opus est: to be on one’s guard against treachery, cavere insidias or praecavere ab insidiis: to be on one’s guard, cavere: cavere sibi: animum attendere ad cavendum.
• In fencing, ictus propulsatio.
• Part of the hilt of a sword, *scutulum capulare.