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Webster 1913 Edition
Custos
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Cus′tos
(kŭs′tŏs)
, Noun.
pl.
Custodes
(kŭs-tō′dēz)
. [L.]
A keeper; a custodian; a superintendent.
[Obs.]
Custos rotulorum
(rŏtˊū̍-lō′rŭm)
[LL., keeper of the rolls]
(Eng. Law)
, the principal justice of the peace in a county, who is also keeper of the rolls and records of the sessions of the peace.
Webster 1828 Edition
Custos
CUSTOS
,Noun.
Definition 2024
custos
custos
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): /ˈkus.toːs/, [ˈkʊs.toːs]
Noun
custōs m (genitive custōdis); third declension
Inflection
Third declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | custōs | custōdēs |
| genitive | custōdis | custōdum |
| dative | custōdī | custōdibus |
| accusative | custōdem | custōdēs |
| ablative | custōde | custōdibus |
| vocative | custōs | custōdēs |
Derived terms
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)
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “custos”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.