[ˈsɛr.woː], [ˈsɛr.vo]
- conjugation-1to maintain, keep
“Pollicitus sum et servāre in eō certumst quod dīxī fidem.” — I’ve made a promise and it’s certain that I shall keep what I said.
“Aequam mementō rēbus in arduīs
servāre mentem […]” — Remember to maintain a level mind in
difficult situations […]
- conjugation-1to protect, save, keep, guard, safeguard, watch over
“Invitent croceis [apes] halantes floribus horti
Et custos furum atque avium cum falce saligna” — May gardens bright, fragrant with flower, lure them [the bees] and Hellespontian Priap with his willow scythe the robbing bee and the birds keep away.
““Quem sī Fāta virum servant, sī vēscitur aurā
aetheriā, neque adhūc crūdēlibus occubat umbrīs,
nōn metus ….”
“If the Fates protect this man, if he breathes in the upper air, and neither still has he f”
- conjugation-1to give heed to, pay attention to; watch, observe any thing
- conjugation-1to save, to deliver, rescue
“Hinc enim illa et apud Graecōs exempla, Miltiadem, victōrem domitōremque Persārum, nōndum sānātīs volneribus iīs, quae corpore adversō in clārissima victōriā accēpisset, vītam ex hostium tēlīs servāta” — Hence these examples among the Greeks as well: Miltiades, victor and conqueror of the Persians, to have spilt his life, preserved from enemies’ weapons, in the chains of his citizens, with the wounds
“Super omnia Capitōlium summamque rem in eō sōlus ā Gallīs servāverat, sī nōn regnō suō servasset.” — Above all [Lucius Siccius Dentatus] had singlehandedly saved the Capitol and the state treasure therein from the Gauls—had he only not saved it for his own reign.
- conjugation-1to preserve, store, keep, reserve
“Dūrāte, et vōsmet rēbus servāte secundīs.” — Endure, and preserve yourselves for favourable things.
- conjugation-1, figurativelyto permit, allow
- ablative, dative, form-of, singulardative/ablative singular of servus
Formaeservō(canonical) · servāre(infinitive, present) · servāvī(active, perfect) · servātum(supine) · servō(active, first-person, indicative, present, singular) · servās(active, indicative, present, second-person, singular) · servat(active, indicative, present, singular, third-person) · servāmus(active, first-person, indicative, plural, present) · servātis(active, indicative, plural, present, second-person) · servant(active, indicative, plural, present, third-person) · servābam(active, first-person, imperfect, indicative, singular) · servābās(active, imperfect, indicative, second-person, singular) · servābat(active, imperfect, indicative, singular, third-person) · servābāmus(active, first-person, imperfect, indicative, plural) · servābātis(active, imperfect, indicative, plural, second-person) · servābant(active, imperfect, indicative, plural, third-person) · servābō(active, first-person, future, indicative, singular) · servābis(active, future, indicative, second-person, singular) · servābit(active, future, indicative, singular, third-person) · servābimus(active, first-person, future, indicative, plural)