custodela

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

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [kʊs.toːˈdeː.ɫa]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [kus.t̪oˈd̪ɛː.la]

custōdēla f (genitive custōdēlae); first declension

1. 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.

First-declension noun.

• “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.