guarding

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cautĭo (old uncontr. form cauĭtĭo, acc. to Paul. ex Fest. p. 61 Müll.), ōnis, f. [caveo], a guarding or taking care of one ' s self, wariness, precaution, caution, heedfulness, circumspection, eulabeia (besides the comic poets, mostly in Cic.).

In gen.: a malis natură declinamus: quae declinatio, si cum ratione fiet, cautio appelletur;

quae autem sine ratione, nominetur metus,

Cic. Tusc. 4, 6, 13:

cautio et timiditas,

id. de Or. 2, 74, 300:

omnium horum vitiorum atque incommodorum una cautio est atque una provisio, ut ne,

id. Lael. 21, 78:

cautio ac diligentia,

id. Font. 1, 2; id. Att. 1, 19, 8;

initium suspitionis et cautionis et diligentiae,

id. Fam. 9, 24, 1.—

(Mihi) cautio est = cavendum est, caution is necessary (a colloquial phrase), Plaut. Bacch. 4, 2, 15; id. Poen. 1, 3, 36; id. Ps. 1, 2, 38; Ter. And. 2, 3, 26; id. Ad. 3, 3, 67:

mea cautio est,

I must see to it, Cic. Att. 5, 4, 4 (al. captio).—

Res cautionem habet.

The matter requires caution:

habet multas cautiones,

Cic. Off. 1, 14, 42.—

The matter admits of caution, Cic. Fam. 11, 21, 3.—

T. t., in law, that by which one places himself or another in safety, an obligation, security, bond, warranty, Uail ( written or oral): quoniam vestrae cautiones infirmae sunt, Graeculam tibi misi cautionem chirographi mei, Cic. Fam. 7, 18, 1; v. such a written bond in Dig. 12, 1, 40:

prolatis cautionibus,

Sen. Ben. 3, 7, 7:

cavere,

Dig. 46, 8, 6:

offerre,

ib. 40, 4, 50:

interponere,

ib. 44, 1, 11:

cautionem praebere alicui indemnitatis,

ib. 3, 5, 30 et saep.—With acc. and inf., Suet. Aug. 98.— Of an oral warranty, pledge, Cic. Sest. 7, 15.

cautĭo (old uncontr. form cauĭtĭo, acc. to Paul. ex Fest. p. 61 Müll.), ōnis, f. [caveo], a guarding or taking care of one ' s self, wariness, precaution, caution, heedfulness, circumspection, eulabeia (besides the comic poets, mostly in Cic.).

In gen.: a malis natură declinamus: quae declinatio, si cum ratione fiet, cautio appelletur;

quae autem sine ratione, nominetur metus,

Cic. Tusc. 4, 6, 13:

cautio et timiditas,

id. de Or. 2, 74, 300:

omnium horum vitiorum atque incommodorum una cautio est atque una provisio, ut ne,

id. Lael. 21, 78:

cautio ac diligentia,

id. Font. 1, 2; id. Att. 1, 19, 8;

initium suspitionis et cautionis et diligentiae,

id. Fam. 9, 24, 1.—

(Mihi) cautio est = cavendum est, caution is necessary (a colloquial phrase), Plaut. Bacch. 4, 2, 15; id. Poen. 1, 3, 36; id. Ps. 1, 2, 38; Ter. And. 2, 3, 26; id. Ad. 3, 3, 67:

mea cautio est,

I must see to it, Cic. Att. 5, 4, 4 (al. captio).—

Res cautionem habet.

The matter requires caution:

habet multas cautiones,

Cic. Off. 1, 14, 42.—

The matter admits of caution, Cic. Fam. 11, 21, 3.—

T. t., in law, that by which one places himself or another in safety, an obligation, security, bond, warranty, Uail ( written or oral): quoniam vestrae cautiones infirmae sunt, Graeculam tibi misi cautionem chirographi mei, Cic. Fam. 7, 18, 1; v. such a written bond in Dig. 12, 1, 40:

prolatis cautionibus,

Sen. Ben. 3, 7, 7:

cavere,

Dig. 46, 8, 6:

offerre,

ib. 40, 4, 50:

interponere,

ib. 44, 1, 11:

cautionem praebere alicui indemnitatis,

ib. 3, 5, 30 et saep.—With acc. and inf., Suet. Aug. 98.— Of an oral warranty, pledge, Cic. Sest. 7, 15.

custōdĭa, ae, f. [id.], a watching, watch, guard, care, protection (freq. and [p. 505] class.).

In gen.

Lit.:

in tuam custodiam meque et meas spes trado,

Plaut. Most. 2, 1, 59:

agitare custodiam,

to keep guard, id. Rud. 3, 6, 20:

iis impedimentis custodiae ac praesidio VI. milia hominum unā reliquerunt,

Caes. B. G. 2, 29:

sub hospitum privatorum custodiā esse,

Liv. 42, 19, 5:

tam fida canum,

Cic. N. D. 2, 63, 158:

pastoris,

Col. 8, 4, 3:

paedagogorum,

Quint. 1, 2, 25:

dura matrum,

care, oversight, Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 22 et saep.:

navium longarum,

Caes. B. C. 3, 39:

ignis (Vestae),

Cic. Leg. 2, 12, 29:

urbis,

Caes. B. C. 1, 17; 2, 36; Liv. 5, 10, 4; cf.:

urbis, sui,

Suet. Aug. 49:

corporis,

id. Galb. 12:

illa (sc. pontis),

Nep. Milt. 3, 2:

portus, Auct. B. Alex. 17: cum in ejusdem anni custodiā te atque L. Murenam fortuna posuisset,

Cic. Mur. 31, 64:

aliquid privatā custodiā continere,

id. Sull. 15, 42:

circum familias conventus Campaniae custodiae causā distribuit,

Caes. B. C. 1, 14 fin.:

in muro custodiae causā conlocati,

id. ib. 1, 28;

Auct. B. Afr. 46: navis quae erat ad custodiam ab Acilio posita,

Caes. B. C. 3, 40:

tribunus adpositus custodiae (alicujus),

Tac. A. 1, 6:

ignaviam suam tenebrarum ac parietum custodiis tegere,

Cic. Rab. Perd. 7, 21:

a cujus audaciā fratris liberos ne materni quidem corporis custodiae tegere potuissent,

id. Clu. 11, 31:

fida justitiae,

id. Fin. 2, 34, 113:

una fidelis memoriae rerum gestarum (litterae),

Liv. 6, 1, 2:

libertatis,

id. 4, 24, 4:

suae religionis,

Quint. 6, 1, 20:

decoris,

id. 11, 1, 57 et saep.—

Meton.

Usu. in plur. and in milit. lang., persons who serve as guards, a guard, watch, sentinel:

colonia meis praesidiis, custodiis, vigiliis munita,

Cic. Cat. 1, 3, 8; 2, 12, 26; id. Verr. 2, 3, 24, § 60:

neque clam transire propter custodias Menapiorum possent,

Caes. B. G. 4, 4; 7, 19; 7, 27 et saep.—In sing. (collect.), Cat. 62, 33:

abest custodia regi,

Ov. M. 14, 371:

unicus anser erat, minimae custodia villae,

id. ib. 8, 684:

corporis,

a body-guard, Curt. 5, 1, 42.—

A place where guard is kept, a watch- or guard - house, watch - station:

haec (urbs) mea sedes est, haec vigilia, haec custodia,

Cic. Phil. 12, 10, 24:

privata,

id. Sull. 15, 42:

in hac custodiā et tamquam speculā,

id. Phil. 7, 7, 19:

ceteri in custodiam conditi,

Tac. H. 4, 2.—In plur., Cic. Imp. Pomp. 6, 16; id. Rab. Perd. 7, 21—

With the access. idea of hindering free motion, a watching, guarding, custody, restraint, confinement.

Lit.:

nec cuiquam uni custodiam ejus (sc. Philopoemenis capti) satis credebant,

Liv. 39, 50, 2: quive (servi) inve ludum custodiamve conjecti fuerint, Gai Inst. 1, 13:

animal quod custodiam nostram evadit,

id. ib. 2, 67:

famulos vinclis atque custodiā... tueri,

Cic. Tusc. 2, 21, 48. — Plur.:

in praedonum hostiumque custodias tantum numerum civium Romanorum includere,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 55, § 144:

libera,

private custody, confinement in one's house, Liv. 24, 45, 8; Vell. 1, 11 (cf.:

libero conclavi,

Liv. 39, 14, 9); and in plur.:

in liberis custodiis,

Sall. C. 47, 3; cf.

trop.: domi teneamus eam (eloquentiam), saeptam liberali custodiā,

Cic. Brut. 96, 330.—Perh. in a play upon the words libera custodia:

ut sis apud me ligneā in custodiā,

Plaut. Poen. 5, 6, 28. —

Meton.

A place of confinement, a prison, hold:

Lentulus comprehenditur et in custodiā necatur,

Caes. B. C. 3, 104 fin.; Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 27, §§ 68 and 69; id. Cat. 1, 8, 19; id. Q. Fr. 1, 2, 4, § 14; id. Div. 1, 25, 52; id. Tusc. 1, 29, 71 et saep. — Trop.:

corporis custodiis se liberare,

Cic. Rep. 6, 15, 15.—

Persons in confinement, captives, prisoners (post-Aug.):

in recognoscendis custodiis,

Suet. Tib. 61; id. Dom. 14:

unus ex custodiarum agmine,

Sen. Ep. 77, 18.—Of a single person:

eādem catenā et custodiam et militem copulat,

Sen. Ep. 5, 7.

praesĕs, ĭdis ( gen. plur. praesidium, Flor. 2, 17, 16), adj. and subst. [praesideo].

Sitting before a thing, to guard, take care of, or direct it; presiding, protecting, guarding, defending:

locus,

a place of refuge, Plaut. Cas. 5, 1, 11 dub.:

dextra,

Sen. Med. 247:

di praesides imperii,

protecting deities, Tac. H. 4, 53.—

Subst.: praesĕs, ĭdis, comm.

A protector, guard, guardian, defender:

ite nunc jam ex praesidio praesides,

Plaut. Rud. 4, 4, 7:

senatus rei publicae custos, praeses, propugnator,

Cic. Sest. 65, 137:

patrii Penates, qui huic urbi et rei publicae praesides estis,

Cic. Dom. 57, 144:

tribunus plebis, quem majores praesidem libertatis custodemque esse voluerunt,

id. Agr. 2, 6, 15; Liv. 6, 16.—

Transf., in gen., one that presides over, a president, superintendent, head, chief, ruler:

praeses belli,

i. e. Minerva, Verg. A. 11, 483:

vobis per suffragia uti praesides olim, nunc dominos destinatis,

Sall. H. 3, 61, 6 Dietsch:

provinciarum,

governors, Suet. Aug. 23: quorum (praetorum) in provinciis jurisdictionem praesides earum habent, Gai. Inst. 1, 6; cf.:

praesidis nomen generale est, eo quod et proconsules et legati Caesaris, et omnes provincias regentes (licet senatores sint) praesides appellentur,

Dig. 1, tit. 18.

servo, āvi, ātum, 1 (old fut. perf. servasso, Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 71: servassis, an old formula in Cato, R. R. 141, 3:

servassit,

Plaut. Cist. 4, 2, 76:

servassint,

id. As. 3, 3, 64; id. Cas. 2, 5, 16; id. Ps. 1, 1, 35; id. Stich. 4, 1, 1; id. Trin. 2, 2, 103), v. a. [cf. salus].

Lit.

In gen., to save, deliver, keep unharmed, preserve, protect, etc. (very freq. and class.; syn. salvo): Ph. Perdis me tuis dictis. Cu. Immo servo et servatum volo, Plaut. Curc. 2, 3, 56; cf.:

qui ceteros servavi, ut nos periremus,

Cic. Fam. 14, 2, 2:

pol me occidistis, amici, Non servastis,

Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 139:

aliquem ex periculo,

Caes. B. C. 2, 41 fin.:

aliquem ex judicio,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 57, § 131:

vita ex hostium telis servata,

id. Rep. 1, 3, 5:

urbs ex belli ore et faucibus erepta atque servata,

id. Arch. 9, 21.—With ab and abl. (mostly post - Aug. and rare):

si tamen servari a furibus possunt,

Pall. 5, 8, 7 fin.:

super omnia Capitolium summamque rem in eo solus a Gallis servaverat,

Plin. 7, 28, 29, § 103.—Mars pater, te precor, pastores pecuaque salva servassis duisque bonam salutem mihi, etc., an old formula of prayer, Cato, R. R. 141, 3:

di te servassint semper,

Plaut. As. 3, 3, 64:

di te servassint mihi,

id. Cas. 2, 5, 16; id. Ps. 1, 1, 35; id. Stich. 4, 1, 1; id. Trin. 2, 2, 103:

ita me servet Juppiter,

Ter. Phorm. 5, 3, 24:

serva, quod in te est, filium et me et familiam,

id. Heaut. 4, 8, 4: tu me amoris magis quam honoris servavisti gratiā. Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 4, 32, 69 (Trag. v. 316 Vahl.):

invitum qui servat idem facit occidenti,

Hor. A. P. 467:

Graeciae portus per se (i. e. Themistoclem) servatos,

Cic. Rep. 1, 3, 5: [p. 1684] servare rem publicam, id. Sest. 22, 49:

quoniam me unā vobiscum servare non possum, vestrae quidem certe vitae prospiciam, etc.,

Caes. B. G. 7, 50:

impedimenta cohortesque,

id. B. C. 1, 70:

urbem insulamque Caesari,

id. ib. 2, 20:

sua,

Cato, R. R. 5, 1:

rem suam,

Hor. A. P. 329:

servabit odorem Testa,

id. Ep. 1, 2, 69:

Sabinus Vitisator, curvam servans sub imagine falcem,

keeping, retaining, Verg. A. 7, 179 et saep.:

urbem et cives integros incolumesque,

Cic. Cat. 3, 10, 25:

pudicitiam liberorum ab eorum libidine tutam,

id. Verr. 2, 1, 27, § 68:

se integros castosque,

id. Tusc. 1, 30, 72: omnia mihi integra, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 17, 1.— Poet. with inf.:

infecta sanguine tela Conjugibus servant parvisque ostendere natis,

Stat. Th. 9, 188.— Absol.: So. Perii, pugnos ponderat. Me. Quid si ego illum tractim tangam ut dormiat? So. Servaveris:

Nam continuas has tres noctes pervigilavi,

you would save me, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 157.—

With abl. or ab or ex and abl. of the danger or evil:

si respublica populi Romani Quiritium ad quinquennium proximum salva servata erit hisce duellis, datum donum duit, etc., an ancient votive formula,

Liv. 22, 10, 2:

Q. SERVILIVS VVLNERE SERVATVS,

Inscr. Grut. 48, 5:

omnes quattuor amissis servatae a peste carinae,

Verg. A. 5, 699.—Usu. with ex:

quo ex judicio te ulla salus servare posset,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 57, § 131:

urbs ex omni impetu regio servata,

id. Arch. 9, 21:

ex eo periculo,

Caes. B. C. 2, 41:

navem ex hieme marique,

Nep. Att. 10, 6.—

With abstract objects: navorum imperium servare est induperantum, Enn. ap. Fest. p. 169 Müll. (Trag. v. 413 Vahl.):

imperium probe,

Plaut. Ps. 2, 4, 7:

ordines,

Caes. B. G. 4, 26; id. B. C. 1, 44; 2, 41; cf. id. B. G. 7, 23:

ordinem laboris quietisque,

Liv. 26, 51:

praesidia indiligentius,

Caes. B. G. 2, 33:

vigilias,

Liv. 34, 9:

custodias neglegenter,

id. 33, 4:

discrimina rerum,

id. 5, 46:

concentum (fides),

Cic. Fin. 4, 27, 75:

cursus,

id. Rep. 1, 14, 22; id. Tusc. 1, 28, 68:

intervallum,

Caes. B. G. 7, 23:

tenorem pugnae,

Liv. 30, 18:

modum,

Plin. 7, 53, 54, § 180 et saep.:

fidem,

Plaut. Rud. 5, 2, 63:

fidem cum aliquo,

id. Curc. 1, 2, 49; id. Merc. 3, 1, 33; Ter. And. 1, 5, 45:

fides juris jurandi saepe cum hoste servanda,

Cic. Off. 3, 29, 107; cf.:

fidem de numero dierum,

Caes. B. G. 6, 36:

promissum,

Plaut. Am. 5, 3, 1:

promissa,

Cic. Off. 1, 10, 23:

officia,

id. ib. 1, 11, 33:

justitiam,

id. ib. 1, 13, 41; cf.:

aequabilitatem juris,

id. Rep. 1, 34, 53:

aequitatem,

id. Off. 1, 19, 64:

jura induciarum,

Caes. B. C. 1, 85:

institutum militare,

id. ib. 3, 75; cf. id. ib. 3, 84;

3, 89: rectum animi, Hor S. 2, 3, 201: consulta patrum, leges juraque,

id. Ep. 1, 16, 41;

legem,

Cic. Fam. 2, 17, 2:

consuetudinem,

id. Clu. 32, 89:

illud quod deceat,

id. Off. 1, 28, 97:

dignitatem,

id. de Or. 2, 54, 221:

fidem cum aliquo,

id. Phil. 7, 8, 22:

amicitiam summā fide,

id. Lael. 7, 25:

Platonis verecundiam,

id. Fam. 9, 22, 5:

aequam mentem,

Hor. C. 2, 3, 2:

nati amorem,

Verg. A. 2, 789:

conubia alicujus,

id. ib. 3, 319:

foedera,

Ov. F. 2, 159.—

In partic., to keep, lay up, preserve, reserve for the future or for some purpose (syn. reservare):

si voles servare (vinum) in vetustatem, ad alvum movendam servato,

Cato, R. R. 114, 2; Col. 12, 28, 4:

lectum Massicum,

Hor. C. 3, 21, 6; Col. 12, 28, 4; cf.:

Caecuba centum clavibus,

Hor. C. 2, 14, 26:

lapis chernites mitior est servandis corporibus nec absumendis,

Plin. 36, 17, 28, § 132:

vermes in melle,

id. 30, 13, 39, § 115:

se temporibus aliis,

Cic. Planc. 5, 13:

eo me servavi,

id. Att. 5, 17, 1:

Valerius, in parvis rebus neglegens ultor gravem se ad majora vindicem servabat,

Liv. 2, 11, 4; 10, 28, 5.—With dat.:

placet esse quasdam res servatas judicio voluntatique multitudinis,

Cic. Rep. 1, 45, 69:

in aliquod tempus quam integerrimas vires militi servare,

Liv. 10, 28:

Jovis auribus ista (carmina) Servas,

Hor. Ep. 1, 19, 44:

causa integra Caesari servaretur, Auct. B. Alex. 35, 1: durate et vosmet rebus servate secundis,

Verg. A. 1, 207.— Poet. with ad:

ad Herculeos servaberis arcus,

Ov. M. 12, 309.—

Transf. (from the idea of the attention being turned to any thing).

To give heed to, pay attention to; to watch, observe any thing (syn. observo).

In gen.

With acc.: uxor scelesta me omnibus servat modis, Ne, etc., Plaut. Rud. 4, 1, 5:

vestimenta sua,

id. ib. 2, 3, 52:

iter alicujus,

Caes. B. G. 5, 19:

Palinurus dum sidera servat,

Verg. A. 6, 338:

nubem locumque,

Ov. M. 5, 631:

nutricis limen servantis alumnae,

keeping watch over, guarding, id. ib. 10, 383:

pascentes haedos,

Verg. E. 5, 12:

vestibulum,

id. A. 6, 556:

servaturis vigili Capitolia voce Cederet anseribus,

Ov. M. 2, 538; cf.:

pomaria dederat servanda draconi,

id. ib. 4, 646.—

With rel.-clause or final: quid servas, quo eam, quid agam? Lucil. ap. Non. 387, 26:

tuus servus servet, Venerine eas (coronas) det, an viro,

Plaut. As. 4, 1, 60:

cum decemviri servassent, ut unus fasces haberet,

Liv. 3, 36, 3:

servandum in eo ante omnia, ut, etc.,

Plin. 17, 17, 28, § 124:

ut (triumviri) servarent, ne qui nocturni coetus fierent,

Liv. 39, 14 fin.; Col. 8, 5, 13.—

Absol., to stay, keep watch, or guard: Eu. Intus serva. Sl. Quippini Ego intus servem? an, ne quis aedes auferat? Plaut. Aul. 1, 2, 3 sq.; cf.:

nemo in aedibus Servat,

id. Most. 2, 2, 22:

solus Sannio servat domi,

Ter. Eun. 4, 7, 10; Ov. M. 1, 627.— Imper.:

serva!

take care! look out! beware! Plaut. Pers. 5, 2, 29; Ter. And. 2, 5, 5; id. Ad. 2, 1, 18; Hor. S. 2, 3, 59.—

In partic., in relig. lang., to observe an omen: secundam avem servat... servat genus altivolantum, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 48, 107 (Ann. v. 83 and 84 Vahl.):

de caelo servare,

Cic. Phil. 2, 32, 81; id. Div. 2, 35, 74;

so of the augurs: de caelo,

id. Vatin. 6, 15; id. Sest. 61, 129; id. Prov. Cons. 19, 45; id. Att. 2, 16, 2; 4, 3, 3:

caelum servare,

Lucr. 5, 395:

fulgura caeli,

id. 6, 429.—

To keep to, remain in a place (i. e. to keep watch there); to dwell in, inhabit (ante-class. and poet.):

nunc te amabo, ut hanc hoc triduum solum sinas Esse hic et servare apud me,

Plaut. Cist. 1, 1, 107:

tu nidum servas,

Hor. Ep. 1, 10, 6:

atria servantem postico falle clientem,

id. ib. 1, 5, 31:

nymphae sorores, Centum quae silvas, centum quae flumina servant,

Verg. G. 4, 383:

immanem hydrum Servantem ripas,

id. ib. 4, 459:

sola domum et tantas servabat filia sedes,

id. A. 7, 52:

DOMVM SERVAVIT, LANAM FECIT,

Inscr. Orell. 3848.—

In late jurid. Lat.:

servare aliquid (pecuniam) ab aliquo,

to get, obtain, receive, Dig. 17, 1, 45 fin.; so ib. 25, 5, 2; 26, 7, 61.—Hence, * servans, antis, P.a., keeping, observant; with gen.:

Rhipeus servantissimus aequi,

Verg. A. 2, 427.