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|lshtext=<b>custōdĭa</b>: ae, f. id.,<br /><b>I</b> a watching, [[watch]], [[guard]], [[care]], [[protection]] (freq. and [[class]].).<br /><b>I</b> In gen.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> Lit.: in tuam custodiam meque et meas [[spes]] [[trado]], Plaut. Most. 2, 1, 59: agitare custodiam, to [[keep]] [[guard]], id. Rud. 3, 6, 20: iis impedimentis custodiae ac praesidio VI. milia hominum unā reliquerunt, Caes. B. G. 2, 29: sub hospitum privatorum custodiā esse, Liv. 42, 19, 5: tam fida canum, Cic. N. D. 2, 63, 158: pastoris, Col. 8, 4, 3: paedagogorum, Quint. 1, 2, 25: dura matrum, [[care]], [[oversight]], Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 22 et saep.: navium longarum, Caes. B. C. 3, 39: [[ignis]] (Vestae), Cic. Leg. 2, 12, 29: urbis, Caes. B. C. 1, 17; 2, 36; Liv. 5, 10, 4; cf.: urbis, sui, Suet. Aug. 49: corporis, id. Galb. 12: [[illa]] (sc. pontis), Nep. Milt. 3, 2: [[portus]], Auct. B. Alex. 17: cum in ejusdem anni custodiā te [[atque]] L. Murenam [[fortuna]] posuisset, Cic. Mur. 31, 64: aliquid privatā custodiā continere, id. Sull. 15, 42: [[circum]] familias [[conventus]] Campaniae custodiae causā distribuit, Caes. B. C. 1, 14 fin.: in [[muro]] custodiae causā conlocati, id. ib. 1, 28; Auct. B. Afr. 46: [[navis]] quae erat ad custodiam ab Acilio posita, Caes. B. C. 3, 40: [[tribunus]] adpositus custodiae (alicujus), Tac. A. 1, 6: ignaviam suam tenebrarum ac parietum custodiis tegere, Cic. Rab. Perd. 7, 21: a cujus audaciā fratris liberos ne materni [[quidem]] corporis custodiae tegere potuissent, id. Clu. 11, 31: fida justitiae, id. Fin. 2, 34, 113: una [[fidelis]] memoriae rerum gestarum (litterae), Liv. 6, 1, 2: libertatis, id. 4, 24, 4: suae religionis, Quint. 6, 1, 20: [[decoris]], id. 11, 1, 57 et saep.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> [[Meton]].<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Usu. in plur. and in milit. lang., persons [[who]] [[serve]] as guards, a [[guard]], [[watch]], [[sentinel]]: [[colonia]] meis praesidiis, custodiis, vigiliis munita, Cic. Cat. 1, 3, 8; 2, 12, 26; id. Verr. 2, 3, 24, § 60: [[neque]] [[clam]] transire [[propter]] custodias Menapiorum possent, Caes. B. G. 4, 4; 7, 19; 7, 27 et saep.—In sing. ([[collect]].), Cat. 62, 33: abest [[custodia]] regi, Ov. M. 14, 371: [[unicus]] [[anser]] erat, minimae [[custodia]] villae, id. ib. 8, 684: corporis, a [[body]]-[[guard]], Curt. 5, 1, 42.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; A [[place]] [[where]] [[guard]] is kept, a [[watch]]- or [[guard]] - [[house]], [[watch]] - [[station]]: haec ([[urbs]]) mea [[sedes]] est, haec [[vigilia]], haec [[custodia]], Cic. Phil. 12, 10, 24: privata, id. Sull. 15, 42: in hac custodiā et [[tamquam]] speculā, id. Phil. 7, 7, 19: ceteri in custodiam conditi, Tac. H. 4, 2.—In plur., Cic. Imp. Pomp. 6, 16; id. Rab. Perd. 7, 21—<br /><b>II</b> With the [[access]]. [[idea]] of hindering [[free]] [[motion]], a watching, [[guarding]], [[custody]], [[restraint]], [[confinement]].<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> Lit.: nec cuiquam uni custodiam ejus (sc. Philopoemenis capti) [[satis]] credebant, Liv. 39, 50, 2: quive (servi) inve ludum custodiamve conjecti fuerint, Gai Inst. 1, 13: [[animal]] [[quod]] custodiam nostram evadit, id. ib. 2, 67: famulos vinclis [[atque]] custodiā ... tueri, Cic. Tusc. 2, 21, 48. —Plur.: in praedonum hostiumque custodias [[tantum]] numerum civium Romanorum includere, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 55, § 144: libera, [[private]] [[custody]], [[confinement]] in one's [[house]], Liv. 24, 45, 8; Vell. 1, 11 (cf.: [[libero]] conclavi, Liv. 39, 14, 9); and in plur.: in liberis custodiis, Sall. C. 47, 3; cf. trop.: domi teneamus eam (eloquentiam), saeptam liberali custodiā, Cic. Brut. 96, 330.—Perh. in a [[play]] [[upon]] the words libera [[custodia]]: ut sis [[apud]] me ligneā in custodiā, Plaut. Poen. 5, 6, 28. —<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> [[Meton]].<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; A [[place]] of [[confinement]], a [[prison]], [[hold]]: [[Lentulus]] comprehenditur et in custodiā necatur, Caes. B. C. 3, 104 fin.; Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 27, §§ 68 and 69; id. Cat. 1, 8, 19; id. Q. Fr. 1, 2, 4, § 14; id. Div. 1, 25, 52; id. Tusc. 1, 29, 71 et saep. —Trop.: corporis custodiis se liberare, Cic. Rep. 6, 15, 15.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Persons in [[confinement]], captives, prisoners ([[post]]-Aug.): in recognoscendis custodiis, Suet. Tib. 61; id. Dom. 14: [[unus]] ex custodiarum agmine, Sen. Ep. 77, 18.—Of a [[single]] [[person]]: eādem catenā et custodiam et militem copulat, Sen. Ep. 5, 7.