custos

English

Etymology

Latin

Noun

custos (plural custodes)

1. (obsolete) A warden.
   • c. 1530, John Rastell, The Pastyme of People: The Cronycles of Dyuers Realmys, London,^[1]

     […] they were commytted to prison & put out of theyr offyces & the Constable of the Towre made custos of the citye.

   • 1803, Robert Charles Dallas, The History of the Maroons, London: Longman and Rees, Volume 1, Letter 5, p. 148,^[2]

     Mr. Tharp, the Custos of the parish, and several other gentlement, accompanied the corps.

Derived terms

• custos rotulorum

Anagrams

• SCOTUS, Scouts, costus, scouts

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Latin

Etymology

Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kewdʰ- (“to cover, wrap, encase”), from *(s)kew- (“to cover, hide”). Cognate with Ancient Greek κεύθω (keúthō, “to conceal”), Old English hȳdan (“to hide, conceal, preserve”) (English hide).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈkuːs.toːs/

Noun

cūstōs m (genitive cūstōdis); third declension

1. A guard, protector
2. A guardian, tutor
3. A jailer
4. A keeper, custodian

Inflection

Third declension.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	cūstōs	custōdēs
Genitive	custōdis	custōdum
Dative	custōdī	custōdibus
Accusative	custōdem	custōdēs
Ablative	custōde	custōdibus
Vocative	cūstōs	custōdēs

Derived terms

• cūstōdēla
• cūstōdia
• cūstōdiō

References

• custos in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• custos in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• custos in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• custos in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

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Portuguese

Noun

custos

1. plural of custo