{{Wiktionary, custos ''Custos'' is the Latin word for

guard Guard or guards may refer to: Professional occupations * Bodyguard, who protects an individual from personal assault * Crossing guard, who stops traffic so pedestrians can cross the street * Lifeguard, who rescues people from drowning * Prison gu ...

Titles

* Custos rotulorum ("keeper of the rolls"), a civic post in parts of the United Kingdom and in Jamaica *

Custos (Franciscans) Custos () means a religious superior or an official in the Franciscan Order. The precise meaning has differed over time, and among the Friars Minor, Conventuals, and Capuchins. Description Francis of Assisi sometimes applied the word to any supe ...

, a religious superior or official in the Franciscan Order * Custos (Under-sacristan), a Roman Catholic office

Other

AB Custos AB Custos is a Sweden, Swedish investment company. In 2004, it came under the control of investors Mats Qviberg and Sven Hagströmer and was merged with their investment company Investment AB Öresund, before being subsequently demerged. The large ...

, a Swedish investment company * Custos, a fictional secret organization in the Japanese film series ''

Towa no Quon Towa may refer to: Japanese municipalities * Tōwa, Fukushima, a town in Fukushima Prefecture * Tōwa, Iwate, a town in Iwate Prefecture * Tōwa, Kōchi, a village in Kōchi Prefecture * Tōwa, Yamaguchi, a former town in Yamaguchi Prefecture * ...

Music

* Custos, the latin word for a

Direct (music symbol) A direct, also referred to by some English speaking musicians by its Italian name guida, its French name guidon, its German name wächter, or its Latin name custos, is a musical symbol used in music notation to indicate the first note on the next s ...

Proverbs

The nominative and accusative plural form ''custodes'' is used in the proverbial phrase ''

Quis custodiet ipsos custodes? is a Latin phrase found in the '' Satires'' (Satire VI, lines 347–348), a work of the 1st–2nd century Roman poet Juvenal. It may be translated as "Who will guard the guards themselves?" or "Who will watch the watchmen?". The original contex ...

'', "Who has custody of the custodians?".
Latin words and phrases