protect Copy link Outline 1. tueor, ĭtus (rarely, tūtus), 2 (to look after and guard or maintain)2. prōtĕgo, xi, ctum, 3 (to cover and shelter)3. dēfendo, 34. to protect from may be expr. by such verbs as arceo, prŏhĭbeo, dēfendo (to ward off) • protect: 1. tueor, ĭtus (rarely, tūtus), 2 (to look after and guard or maintain): to p. a house from thieves, a furibus t. domum, Phaedr. 3, 7, 10: to p. territory from inroads, fines ab excursionibus t., Cic. Deiot. 8, 22. Join: tueri et defendere, Caes. B. C. 3, 94; tueri et conservare, Cic. Man. 5, 12. Frequent. tūtor, 1 (to protect or defend habitually): the cheeks p. the eyes on the lower side, genae (oculos) ab inferiore parte t., Cic. N.D. 2, 57, 143: Liv.: Hor. 2. prōtĕgo, xi, ctum, 3 (to cover and shelter): to p. any one with a shield, scuto aliquem p., Caes. B. G. 5, 44: Plin.: v. to shelter. Join: defendere et protegere, Cic. Sull. 18, 50 (= to throw one's shield over any one). 3. dēfendo, 3: v. to defend. 4. to protect from may be expr. by such verbs as arceo, prŏhĭbeo, dēfendo (to ward off): e. g. thou, O Jupiter, wilt p. thine altars from this man, hunc, Jupiter, a tuis aris arcebis, Cic. Cat. 1, 13, fin.: v. to keep off (I.).