guardian Copy link Outline I. Any one who guards1. custos, ōdis, c., g. of the empire, c. rerum, Hor. Od. 4, 15, 17. Join2. praeses, ĭdis, c. esp. with custos3. dēfensor, prōpugnātor4. tūtor (more usu. in sense II.)5. by meton., tūtēla, praesĭdium (poet.)II. The curator of a minor1. tūtor2. auctor (not strictly a g., but a legally responsible person)3. cūrātor (of insane persons; also of puberes under 25 years of age4. rector • guardian: I. Any one who guards: 1. custos, ōdis, c., g. of the empire, c. rerum, Hor. Od. 4, 15, 17. Join: praeses custosque [libertatis], Cic. Agr. 2, 6, 15: custos defensorque [provinciae] Cic. Verr. 5, 6, init.: c. et conservator [urbis], Cic. Sext. 24, 53. 2. praeses, ĭdis, c. esp. with custos: Cic.. v. supr.: g. deities, p. dii, Tac. H. 4, 53. 3. dēfensor, prōpugnātor: v. defender, champion. 4. tūtor (more usu. in sense II.): Silvanus, g. of boundaries, Silvane, t. finium, Hor. Epod. 2, 22: Suet. 5. by meton., tūtēla, praesĭdium (poet.): (Philemon and Baucis) were the g.s of the temple, templi tutela fuere, Ov. Met. 8, 711: cf. Hor. Od. 1, 1, init., praesidium et decus (Maecenas): Sen.: v. protection. II. The curator of a minor: 1. tūtor: to appoint a g. to orphan children, t. instituere liberorum orbitati, Cic. de Or. 1, 53, 228; constituere, Just. 13, 2, extr.: to act as g. to a minor, tutorem pupilli agere, Just. 7, 5, extr.: without the authority of one's g., sine tutore auctore, Cic. Caec. 25, 72. A joint-g., contutor, Ulp.: a female g. (unknown in earlier times), tutrix, Cod. Just. 2. auctor (not strictly a g., but a legally responsible person): v. supr. (I): cf. Liv. 34, 2, med., sine auctore agere: Dig. 3. cūrātor (of insane persons; also of puberes under 25 years of age: v. Dict. Ant. s. v.): to be in want of a g. assigned by the praetor, i. e. to be mad, c. egere a praetore dati, Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 102: Dig. 4. rector: cf. Suet. Aug. 48: v. regent.