{{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 ...

Titles

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

Custos (Franciscans) Custos ( en, guardian) 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 ...

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

Other

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

Towa no Quon , is a 2011 Japanese animated supernatural film series consisting of six films and directed by Umanosuke Iida. The first film in the series was released in theaters on June 18, 2011 and the last on November 26, 2011. The film series has been ...

Music

* Custos, a symbol which indicates the pitch of the next note on the next line - see Mensural notation#Custos

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 work of the Roman poet Juvenal from his ''Satires'' (Satire VI, lines 347–348). It is literally translated as "Who will guard the guards themselves?", though it is also known by variant translations, such as "Who ...

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