English

Noun

custodia ‎(plural custodias)

1. (rare) pyx (container for the host)

Italian

Noun

custodia f ‎(plural custodie)

1. care
2. custody
3. case (box)

Related terms

• custodia cautelare
• custodire

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /kusˈtoː.di.a/, [kʊsˈtoː.di.a]

Noun

custōdia f ‎(genitive custōdiae); first declension

1. protection, safekeeping
2. custody, guardianship

custōdiā f

1. ablative singular of custōdia

Inflection

First declension.

Descendants

• English: custody

References

• custodia in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• custodia in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• CUSTODIA in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “custodia”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to put some one in irons, chains: in vincula (custodiam) dare aliquem
    
  • to station posts, pickets, at intervals: praesidia, custodias disponere
    
  • to keep watch on the rampart: custodias agere in vallo
    
  • to keep the coast and harbours in a state of blockade: litora ac portus custodia clausos tenere
    
• custodia in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• custodia in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

Spanish

Noun

custodia f ‎(plural custodias)

1. custody
2. safekeeping

Related terms

• custodiar

Verb

custodia

1. Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of custodiar.
2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of custodiar.
3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present indicative form of custodiar.