custodela
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Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From custōs, custōd- (“guardian, guard, protector, watchman”) + -ēla.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /kus.toːˈdeː.la/, [kʊs̠t̪oːˈd̪eːɫ̪ä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /kus.toˈde.la/, [kust̪oˈd̪ɛːlä]
Noun[edit]
custōdēla f (genitive custōdēlae); first declension
- 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.
- Translation by Henry Thomas Riley
- In tuam custodelam meque et meas spes trado, Tranio.
Declension[edit]
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[edit]
- “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.