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tūtor , ōris, m. tueor,
I.a watcher, protector, defender.
I. In gen. (so very rare; not in Cic.; “syn. defensor): et te, pater Silvane, tutor finium,Hor. Epod. 2, 22: “tutorem imperii agere,Suet. Tit. 6: “Bacchi, i. e. Priapus,Petr. 133.—
II. In partic.
A. Jurid. t. t., a guardian, tutor, of minors, women, insane persons, etc. (prop. of the person; cf. “curator, of the estate),Just. Inst. 1, 14, 4; Dig. 26, 1, 18 sq.; 26, 2, 12, § 14.—With esse and dat.: “tutor sum liberis (Triarii),Cic. Att. 12, 28, 3: a pupillo Heio, cui C. Marcellus tutor est, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 17, § 37: “nemo illum tutorem umquam liberis suis scripsit,id. Clu. 14, 41.—With gen.: “cum pupilli Malleoli tutor esset,Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 36, § 90: “is casu pupilli Junii tutor erat,id. ib. 2, 1, 50, § 132; 2, 1, 51, § 135; “2, 1, 53, § 139: qui tutor Philippi erat,Liv. 40, 54, 4; cf. also Cic. Caecin. 25, 72; id. de Or. 1, 53, 228; id. Mur. 12, 27; Plaut. Aul. 3, 2, 16; 3, 5, 14; Liv. 39, 9, 7.—Trop.: “orbae eloquentiae quasi tutores relicti sumus,Cic. Brut. 96, 330; cf.: “quasi tutor et procurator rei publicae,id. Rep. 2, 29, 51; Ov. Tr. 3, 14, 16.—
B. Tūtor , the title of a mimic play, Cic. de Or. 2, 64, 259.
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    • Cicero, Letters to Atticus, 12.28.3
    • Cicero, For Aulus Caecina, 25.72
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    • Cicero, Against Verres, 2.4.37
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    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 40, 54.4
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    • Cicero, De Republica, 2.29
    • Ovid, Tristia, 3.14
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