ward (subs.) Copy link Outline I. In fencingII. Safe-keepingIII. One under a guardianIV. A division of a town1. rĕgio2. păroecia (a parish) • ward (subs.): I. In fencing: *ictūs propulsātio. II. Safe-keeping: custōdia: v. custody. III. One under a guardian: pūpillus, pūpilla: he said that w.s of either sex were a very safe prey, pupillos et pupillas certissimam praedam esse dictitabat, Cic. Verr. 1, 50, 131. IV. A division of a town: 1. rĕgio: Rome is divided into fourteen w.s, in quattuordecim regiones Roma dividitur, Tac. A. 15, 40: he divided the whole city into w.s and streets, spatium urbis in regiones vicosque divisit, Suet. Aug. 30: (the vicus was a definite subdivision, smaller than our ward, as, perhaps, the regio was larger). 2. păroecia (a parish): Scrr. Eccl.