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con-servo , āvi, ātum, 1 (
I.inf. perf. conservasse more usu. than conservavisse, acc. to Quint. 1, 6, 21), v. a., to retain, keep something in existence, to hold up, maintain, to preserve, leave unhurt or safe (class.; esp. freq. in prose).
II. Of incorporeal objects: “corpora quaedam conservant naturam semper eandem,Lucr. 1, 677: “genus,id. 2, 709: “ordinem,Cic. Rosc. Com. 2, 6: “pristinam erga me voluntatem,id. Fam. 5, 3, 2: “pristinum animum erga populum Romanum,Liv. 31, 2, 4: “jusjurandum,to keep, observe, Cic. Off. 3, 28, 103; Nep. Hann. 2, 5: “quam (benevolentiam) conservabo,Cic. Fam. 3, 7, 6: “jus augurum,id. Div. 2, 35, 75: “tuorum meritorum erga me memoriam,id. Fam. 4, 13, 7: “patriam,id. Rep. 6, 13, 13; cf. id. Red. Quir. 7, 17: “religionem,Nep. Ages. 2, 5: “indutias,id. ib. 2, 4: “voluntatem mortuorum,Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 47, § 124: “legem,Quint. 9, 2, 83: “privilegia athletis,Suet. Aug. 45.—So the formula in treating for peace: majestatem populi Romani comiter conservato, in Cic. Balb. 16, 35; Liv. 38, 11, 2; cf. Dig. 49, 15, 7, and v. comis, adv. fin.—With double acc.: “incorrupta mei conserva foedera lecti,Prop. 4 (5), 3, 69.—Hence, conser-vans , antis, P. a., preservative; with gen.: “quae conservantia sunt ejus statūs,Cic. Fin. 3, 5, 16.
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