custodela

Latin

Etymology

From custōs, custōd- (“guardian, guard, protector, watchman”) +‎ -ēla.

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /kus.toːˈdeː.la/, [kʊs̠t̪oːˈd̪eːɫ̪ä]

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /kus.toˈde.la/, [kust̪oˈd̪ɛːlä]

Noun

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.

Declension

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

“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.

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