guardianship Copy link Outline I. Care, defence1. custōdia2. tūtēla, fĭdes, etc.3. expr. by custos, praesesII. In legal sense1. tūtēla (of a minor or a woman)2. cūrātio (of the insane, etc. (v. GUARDIAN II, 2)3. cūra (= curatio) to exercise g., tutelam vel c. administrare, Ulp. Dig. 5, 1, 19. • guardianship: I. Care, defence: 1. custōdia: the strict g. of mothers, dura c. matrum, Hor. Cic.: v. guard (subs.). 2. tūtēla, fĭdes, etc.: v. protection. 3. expr. by custos, praeses: under thy g., te custode, Hor.; te praeside et custode [rerum]: v. guardian (I.). II. In legal sense 1. tūtēla (of a minor or a woman): lawful g., t. legitima, Cic.: to exercise g., t. gerere, Cic. Off. 1, 25, 85: to entrust the g. of one's sons to any one, (filiorum) t. alicui committere, Just. 4, 2: to accept it, t. in se recipere, Just. 28, 1, init.: to be acquitted on a charge of mismanagement in g., turpi t. liberari, Cic. de Or. 1, 36, 166. 2. cūrātio (of the insane, etc. (v. guardian II, 2): the g. of an insane mother, furiosae matris c., Ulp. Dig. 27, 10, 4 to attend to such a function, c. administrare, Papin. Dig. 27, 1, 30. 3. cūra (= curatio) to exercise g., tutelam vel c. administrare, Ulp. Dig. 5, 1, 19.