That which protects

intĕgŭmentum, i, n. [intego], a covering.

Lit.:

lanx cum integumentis, quae Jovi adposita fuit,

the plate-covers, lids, Liv. 40, 59, 7 Weissenb. (al. lana cum integumentis, i. e. the pillows on which rested the heads of the statues of the gods):

ea legio linteata ab integumento consaepti... appellata est,

id. 10, 38, 12:

vestis aut pellis,

Aur. Vict. Orig. Gent. Rom. 13, 2: integumenta carnalia, Ambros. de Isaac et An. 4, 16.—

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That which conceals, a covering:

frontis,

Cic. post Red. in Sen. 7, 15:

flagitiorum,

id. Cael. 20, 47:

dissimulationis,

Cic. de Or. 2, 86:

ornamenta ejus ingenii per quaedam involucra atque integumenta perspexi,

id. ib. 1, 35:

nequitia frontis involuta integumentis,

id. Pis. 6.—

That which protects, a defence, shelter: corporis alicujus, one ' s constant attendant, Plaut. Bacch. 4, 2, 19:

aetati meae,

id. Trin. 2, 2, 32.

tūtēla, ae, f. [1. tutor], a watching, keeping, charge, care, safeguard, defence, protection (syn.: praesidium, cura).

Lit.

In gen.:

tutelam januae gerere,

Plaut. Truc. 2, 1, 43:

foribus tutelam gerere,

id. Trin. 4, 2, 28:

viae,

Dig. 31, 1, 30:

suo tergo tutelam gerere,

Plaut. Trin. 4, 3, 51:

nunc de septis, quae tutandi causā fundi fiant dicam. Earum tutelarum genera quattuor, etc.,

Varr. R. R. 1, 14, 1:

pecudum silvestrium,

care, management, Col. 9, praef. §

1: boum,

id. 6, 2, 15:

aselli,

id. 7, 1, 2:

tenuiorum,

support, maintenance, Suet. Caes. 68:

lanae tutelam praestant contra frigora,

Plin. 29, 2, 9, § 30:

ut villarum tutela non sit oneri,

id. 18, 5, 6, § 31; 35, 3, 4, § 14:

classis,

Just. 16, 3, 9:

cum de hominis summo bono quaererent, nullam in eo neque animi neque corporis partem vacuam tutela reliquerunt,

Cic. Fin. 4, 14, 36:

tutela ac praesidium bellicae virtutis,

id. Mur. 10, 22:

Apollo, cujus in tutelā Athenas antiqui historici esse voluerunt,

id. N. D. 3, 22, 55; cf.:

quare sit in ejus tutela Gallia, cujus, etc.,

id. Prov. Cons. 14, 35:

intellegi volumus salutem hominum in ejus (Jovis) esse tutela,

id. Fin. 3, 20, 66:

Juno, cujus in tutelā Argi sunt,

Liv. 34, 24, 2; Plin. 28, 2, 4, § 18:

subicere aliquid tutelae alicujus,

Cic. Fin. 4, 14, 38:

filios suos parvos tutelae populi commendare,

id. de Or. 1, 53, 228:

dii, quorum tutelae ea loca essent,

Liv. 1, 6, 4:

quae suae fidei tutelaeque essent,

id. 24, 22, 15:

publicae tutelae esse,

id. 42, 19, 5; 21, 41, 12:

te Jovis impio Tutela Saturno Eripuit,

Hor. C. 2, 17, 23:

ut dicar tutelā pulsa Minervae,

Ov. M. 2, 563:

dique deaeque omnes, quibus est tutela per agros,

Prop. 3, 13 (4, 12), 41:

ut te generi humano, cujus tutela et securitas saluti tuae innisa est, incolumem praestarent,

Plin. Ep. 10, 52 (60).— With gen. obj.:

loci,

protection, Just. 41, 5, 3.—

In partic., jurid. t. t., the office of a guardian, guardianship, wardship, tutelage of minors, insane persons, etc.:

tutela est, ut Servius definit, vis ac potestas in capite libero ad tuendum eum, qui propter aetatem suā sponte se defendere nequit, jure civili data ac permissa,

Dig. 26, 1 (De tutelis), 1: tradere aliquem in tutelam alicujus, Pac. ap. Cic. de Or. 2, 46, 193:

in suam tutelam venire,

to become one's own master, come of age, Cic. de Or. 1, 39, 180; Dig. 37, 11, 8, § 1; Cic. Top. 10, 44; id. Brut. 52, 195; 53, 197; id. Inv. 2, 21, 62; Gai. 2, 179; Nep. Eum. 2, 1;

rarely in the order, in tutelam suam venire,

Cic. Inv. 2, 42, 122: tutelae suae fieri, Sen. Ep. 33, 10:

fraudare pupillum, qui in tutelam pervenit,

Cic. Rosc. Com. 6, 16:

alicujus tutelam accipere,

Varr. R. R. 3, 2, 17:

ad sanos abeat tutela propinquos,

Hor. S. 2, 3, 218:

rei publicae,

Cic. Off. 1, 25, 85:

tutelam filiorum servo committere,

Just. 4, 2, 5:

tutelam pupilli suscipere,

id. 30, 2, 8:

gerere,

Val. Max. 6, 6, 1:

nancisci,

to become guardian, Just. Inst. 1, 12, 6:

administrare,

Dig. 26, 7, 3, § 2:

reddere,

ib. 5, 1, 2, § 3.—

Transf., concr.

Act., like our watch, of that which guards or protects, a keeper, warder, guardian, protector (mostly poet.):

(Philemon et Baucis) templi tutela fuere,

Ov. M. 8, 711: prorae tutela Melanthus, i. e. the pilot at the prow, = proreta, id. ib. 3, 617:

o tutela praesens Italiae (Augustus),

Hor. C. 4, 14, 43:

(Achilles) decus et tutela Pelasgi Nominis,

Ov. M. 12, 612:

rerum tutela mearum Cum sis (shortly before: curator a praetore datus),

Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 103.—Of the image of the tutelar deity of a ship:

navis, cujus tutela ebore caelata est, etc.,

Sen. Ep. 76, 13; Lact. 1, 11, 19; cf. Sil. 14, 543; Petr. 105 and 108.—Of the tutelar deity of a place, Petr. 57; Auct. Priap. 37; Hier. in Isa. 57, 7; Inscr. Orell. 1698 sq.; 1736.—

A remedy against, cure:

si qua est tutela podagrae,

Grat. Cyn. 478.—

Pass., of that which is guarded or protected, a charge, care.

In gen. ( poet.):

virginum primae puerique claris Patribus orti, Deliae tutela deae,

Hor. C. 4, 6, 33:

Lanuvium annosi vetus est tutela draconis,

Prop. 4 (5), 8, 3:

sit, precor, tutela Minervae Navis,

Ov. Tr. 1, 10, 1 sq. —

In partic., in jurid. lang., that which is under guardianship or tutelage: in officiis apud majores ita observatum est: primum tutelae, deinde hospiti, deinde clienti, tum cognato, postea affini, a ward, Massur. ap. Gell. 5, 13, 5.—Of the property of a ward:

mirabamur, te ignorare, de tutelā legitimā... nihil usucapi posse,

Cic. Att. 1, 5, 6:

nihil potest de tutelā legitimā sine omnium tutorum auctoritate deminui,

id. Fl. 34, 84; Dig. 26, 7, 5.

praesĭdĭum, ii, n. [praeses].

Lit., a presiding over; hence, defence, protection, help, aid, assistance; esp. of soldiers who are to serve as a guard, garrison, escort, or convoy:

proficisci praesidio suis,

Nep. Ages. 3:

praesidio esse alicui,

id. ib. 7: Caes. B. G. 1, 44:

hanc sibi rem praesidio sperant futuram,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 65, § 167:

tectus praesidio firmo amicorum,

id. Sull. 18, 51:

absque me foret et meo praesidio, etc.,

Plaut. Pers. 5, 2, 61:

ut meae stultitiae in justitiā tuā sit aliquid praesidii,

Ter. Heaut. 4, 1, 33:

in tutelā ac praesidio bellicae virtutis,

Cic. Mur. 10, 22:

Veneris praesidio ferox,

Hor. C. 1, 15, 13.—Esp. of soldiers acting as a guard, convoy, escort:

legiones, quae praesidio impedimentis erant,

Caes. B. G. 2, 19:

regale,

Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 30.—

Transf.

That which aids, defends, or protects, defence, assistance, protection:

ad hoc ipsum judicium cum praesidio venit,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 5, 13:

armatorum,

id. Phil. 2, 44, 112; cf.:

O et praesidium,

protector, Hor. C. 1, 1, 2:

quantum praesidium perdis,

Verg. A. 11, 58.—

In partic., in milit. lang., those who by their presence protect a place, a camp, or a supply of arms or provisions, a guard, garrison, convoy, escort, troops, soldiers, etc.:

praesidium est dictum, quia extra castra praesidebant loco aliquo, quo tutior regio esset,

Varr. L. L. 5, § 90 Müll.:

occupatoque oppido, ibi praesidium collocat,

garrison, Caes. B. G. 1, 38:

(turres) praesidiis firmare,

with a garrison, with troops, Sall. J. 23, 1:

quam (Italiam) praesidiis confirmaretis,

Cic. Agr. 1, 5, 16:

obsidere atque occupare,

id. ib. 2, 28, 75:

ex oppido educere,

Caes. B. C. 1, 13:

dimittere,

Cic. Fam. 2, 17, 3:

oppido imponere,

Liv. 24, 7:

praesidium dedit, ut eo tuto perveniret,

an escort, Nep. Ep. 4, 5:

praesidium ex arce expellere,

a garrison, id. ib. 10, 3:

praesidium ex regionibus depellere,

id. Paus. 2, 1:

praesidia interficere,

troops, id. Milt. 4, 1:

praesidia custodiasque disponere,

posts, pickets, Caes. B. G. 7, 55:

Italia tota armis praesidiisque tenetur,

troops, Cic. Att. 9, 3, 1:

praesidia deducere,

Caes. B. G. 2, 33:

galeatum ponit ubique Praesidium,

Juv. 8, 239.—

Any place occupied by troops, as a hill, a camp, etc.; a post, station, intrenchment, fortification, camp:

qui propter metum praesidium relinquit,

leaves his post, Cic. Tusc. 3, 8, 17:

praesidio decedere,

Liv. 4, 29:

procul in praesidio esse,

Nep. Timol. 1, 4:

praesidium occupare et munire,

Caes. B. C. 3, 45:

cohortes ex proximis praesidiis deductae,

id. B. G. 7, 87:

milites in praesidiis disponere,

id. ib. 7, 34:

in praesidiis esse,

in the camp, with the army, Cic. Lig. 9, 28:

in adversariorum praesidiis,

id. Rosc. Am. 43, 126:

posito castello super vestigia paterni praesidii,

fort, Tac. A. 1, 56:

obsidium coepit per praesidia,

redoubts, id. ib. 4, 49.— Trop.:

de praesidio et statione vitae decedere,

Cic. Sen. 26, 73.—

In gen., aid, help, assistance of any kind, Plaut. Pers. 1, 3, 45:

quod satis esset praesidii, dedit,

every thing needful for his support and safety, Nep. Them. 8, 5:

quaerere sibi praesidia periculis, et adjumenta honoribus,

Cic. Imp. Pomp. 24, 70:

magnum sibi praesidium ad beatam vitam comparare,

id. Tusc. 2, 1, 2:

omnibus vel naturae, vel doctrinae praesidiis ad dicendum parati,

id. de Or. 1, 9, 38:

me biremis praesidio scaphae tutum aura feret,

Hor. C. 3, 29, 62:

ad praesidium aquae calidae decurritur,

Col. 12, 50:

praesidia afferre navem factura minorem,

Juv. 12, 56.— Trop., defence, protection, help:

fortissimum praesidium pudoris,

Cic. Sull. 28, 77:

insigne maestis praesidium reis,

Hor. C. 2, 1, 13:

si qua aliunde putas rerum exspectanda tuarum, Praesidia,

Juv. 7, 23.—

In partic., a remedy against diseases:

aurium morbis praesidium est,

Plin. 22, 22, 44, § 90:

contra serpentes praesidio esse,

id. 28, 4, 7, § 35.

cē̆drus, i, f., = kedros, the cedar, juniper-tree:

Juniperus oxycedrus, Linn., which has a very fragrant wood, and furnishes an oil that protects from decay,

Plin. 13, 5, 11, § 52; 16, 40, 76, § 203; Col. 9, 4, 3; Vitr. 2, 9, 13.—Of cedar-wood, Verg. G. 3, 414; id. A. 7, 13; 7, 178; Curt. 5, 7, 5; 8, 10, 8; Suet. Calig. 37.—Hence,

Meton., cedar-oil (with which the backs of books were usually anointed to preserve them from moths and decay):

liber flavus cedro,

Ov. Tr. 3, 1, 13:

perunctus cedro,

Mart. 3, 2, 7; cf. Becker, Gall. 2, p. 219.— Hence, poet.:

carmina linenda cedro,

i. e. worthy of immortality, Hor. A. P. 332:

cedro digna locutus,

Pers. 1, 42.