guard (v.) Copy link Outline 1. custōdio, 4 (in most senses)2. tuĕor, tŭĭtus, 2 (to look to and defend)3. praesĭdeo, sēdi, 2 (to be entrusted with the safety of • guard (v.): 1. custōdio, 4 (in most senses): to g. the sea-coast with twenty ships of war, maritimam oram viginti navibus longis c., Liv.: to g. a province, provinciam c., Cic.: to g. any one from injury, c. aliquem ab injuria, Quint.: to form and g. modesty, pudorem formare et c., Quint. 2. tuĕor, tŭĭtus, 2 (to look to and defend): to g. a camp and carefully defend it, t. castra et diligenter defendere, Caes. B. C. 3, 93: to g. a house against thieves, domum a furibus t., Phaedr. 3, 7, 10: Cic.: v. to defend, maintain. Frequent., tūtor, 1 (to guard habitually, attentively): v. to protect. 3. praesĭdeo, sēdi, 2 (to be entrusted with the safety of: with dat.: also later, acc.): to g. the capital, urbi p., Liv. 22, 11, extr.: Cic.: to g. the coast of Gaul, Galliae litus p., Tac. 4, 5, init. See also preced. art. (I, Phr.).