Custos
Custos is the Latin word for guard.
Titles
- Custos rotulorum, keeper of the rolls
- Custos (Franciscans)
- Custos (Under-sacristan)
- In Jamaica, it is the title for The Queen's representative in a Parish
Names
- AB Custos, a Swedish investment company
Proverbs
The nominative and accusative plural form custodes is well known from the proverbial phrase Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?, "Who has custody of the custodians?", meaning "Who guards the guards?" or "Who watches the watchmen?".