watchman
watchman
subs.
See watcher, porter.
subs.
See watcher, porter.
WATCHMAN
custos: vigil nocturnus (by night): buccinator qui horas nocturnas dividit (after Frontinus Strat. 1 9 17 buccinator qui vigilias nocturnas dividit). Watchmen vigiles nocturni. To appoint a watchman custodem imponere alicui rei or (more rarely) in aliqua re (e.g. custodem imponere in hortis fructus servandi gratia). Vid: also WATCH s.
custos: vigil nocturnus (by night): buccinator qui horas nocturnas dividit (after Frontinus Strat. 1 9 17 buccinator qui vigilias nocturnas dividit). Watchmen vigiles nocturni. To appoint a watchman custodem imponere alicui rei or (more rarely) in aliqua re (e.g. custodem imponere in hortis fructus servandi gratia). Vid: also WATCH s.
watchman:
1. custos, ōdis, m. (keeper): the watchmen of the temple, fani custodes, Cic. Verr. 4, 43, 94.
2. vĭgil: watchmen by night, nocturni vigiles, Pl. Am. 1, 1, 195.
3. excŭbĭtor: by night they were secured by watchmen, noctu excubitoribus tenebantur, Caes. B. G. 7, 69: what w. can be found more vigilant (than a dog)? quis excubitor inveniri potest vigilantior? Col. 7, 12, 1.
1. custos, ōdis, m. (keeper): the watchmen of the temple, fani custodes, Cic. Verr. 4, 43, 94.
2. vĭgil: watchmen by night, nocturni vigiles, Pl. Am. 1, 1, 195.
3. excŭbĭtor: by night they were secured by watchmen, noctu excubitoribus tenebantur, Caes. B. G. 7, 69: what w. can be found more vigilant (than a dog)? quis excubitor inveniri potest vigilantior? Col. 7, 12, 1.
appearing fewer than 50 times
νυκτοῦροςepithet of Saturn, night-watchman
παραμονάριος
watchman
συμφύλαξ
a fellow-watchman
ἐπιφύλαξ
watchman
ὀχθοφύλαξ
watchman on a river-bank
Watchman
See castra; excubitores; vigiles.