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Gallia est omnis dīvīsa in partēs trēs, quārum ūnam incolunt Belgae.

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Contents (2 entries · 11 senses)
S&H Smith & Hall (1)
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Digitized by Distributed Proofreaders from William Smith and Theophilus D. Hall, A Copious and Critical English-Latin Dictionary (1871), and generously placed into the public domain.
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• guardian:
    1. I. Any one who guards:
      1. 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. 2. praeses, ĭdis, c. esp. with custos: Cic.. v. supr.: g. deities, p. dii, Tac. H. 4, 53.
      3. 3. dēfensor, prōpugnātor: v. defender, champion.
      4. 4. tūtor (more usu. in sense II.): Silvanus, g. of boundaries, Silvane, t. finium, Hor. Epod. 2, 22: Suet.
      5. 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.
    2. II. The curator of a minor:
      1. 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. 2. auctor (not strictly a g., but a legally responsible person): v. supr. (I): cf. Liv. 34, 2, med., sine auctore agere: Dig.
      3. 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. 4. rector: cf. Suet. Aug. 48: v. regent.
R&A Riddle & Arnold (1)
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J. E. Riddle and T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English-Latin Lexicon. Data retrieved from FergusJPWalsh/riddle-arnold under a CC BY-SA 4.0 license.
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• GUARDIAN
  • That is intrusted with the care of anything, custos.
  • That has the care of one under age, tutor: curator (of persons of age; Vid: Heinec., Antiq. Rom. Synt., 1, 23, 6, p. 226, sq.). To make anybody a guardian, aliquem tutorem (or curatorem) constituere or instituere: to make anybody the guardian of one’s children, aliquem tutorem instituere filiorum orbitati; tutelam filiorum alicui committere; alicui aliquem tutorem (or curatorem) dare; aliquem alicui tutorem scribere (if appointed by will): to be anybody’s guardian, alicui tutorem esse, alicujus tutorem agere: alicujus tutelam administrare (of one under age): aliquem curare (of one who is of age): to have anybody for one’s guardian, aliquem tutorem habere or in tutela alicujus esse (of one under age): ab aliquo curari (if of age).