κηδεμονία

A. care, solicitude, Pl. R. 463d, Phld. Mort. 25, Ph. 2.179, D.C. 43.17, POxy. 1070.21 (iii A.D.); ἡ κ. τῶν Ἀθηνῶν the general charge of her affairs, IG 3.632, cf. CIG 3187 (Smyrna); ἡ τοῦ αὐτοκράτορος περὶ πάντας κ. BGU 372i12 (ii A.D.).