I.a keeping, preserving (several times in Cic.; “elsewh. very rare): frugum,” Cic. Off. 2, 3, 12: “Marii,” i. e. of his life, Val. Max. 2, 10, 6.— Trop.: bonorum, * Quint. 5, 10, 33: “patriae, Num. Gallieni ap. Eckhel. 7, p. 408: naturae (with convenientia),” Cic. Off. 1, 28, 100: “decoris,” id. ib. 1, 36, 131: “aequabilitatis,” id. de Or. 1, 42, 188.
conservātĭo , ōnis, f. id.,