custodela

Latin

Etymology

From custōs, custōd- (“guardian, guard, protector, watchman”) +‎ -ēla.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /kus.toːˈdeː.la/, [kʊs̠t̪oːˈd̪eːɫ̪ä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /kus.toˈde.la/, [kust̪oˈd̪ɛːlä]

Noun

custōdēla f (genitive custōdēlae); first declension

1. watch, protection

   Synonym: custōdia

   • c. 200 BCE, Plautus, Mostellaria 2.1:

     In tuam custodelam meque et meas spes trado, Tranio.

     • Translation by Henry Thomas Riley

       To your charge I commit myself, Tranio, and my hopes.

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	custōdēla	custōdēlae
Genitive	custōdēlae	custōdēlārum
Dative	custōdēlae	custōdēlīs
Accusative	custōdēlam	custōdēlās
Ablative	custōdēlā	custōdēlīs
Vocative	custōdēla	custōdēlae

References

• “custodela”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• custodela in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.