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servō āvī, ātus, āre

3 SAL-, to make safe, save, keep unharmed, preserve, guard, keep, protect, deliver, rescue : ceteros servavi, ut nos periremus: pol me occidistis, Non servastis, H.: ita me servet Iuppiter, T.: Graeciae portūs per se servatos: impedimenta cohortīsque, Cs.: Rem tuam, H.: urbem et civīs integros incolumīsque: si res p. salva servata erit hisce duellis, L.: omnes Quattuor amissis servatae a peste carinae, V.: alquos ex eo periculo, Cs.: vita ex hostium telis servata. — To keep, lay up, preserve, reserve, retain, store : Caecuba centum clavibus, H.: ad quae (tempora) tu te ipse servaras: ad Herculeos servaberis arcūs, O.: esse quasdam res servatas iudicio multitudinis: in aliquod tempus quam integerrimas vires militi servare, L.: vosmet rebus servate secundis, V.—Of places, to keep, keep to, hold, remain in, dwell in, inhabit : Tu nidum servas, H.: nymphae sorores, Centum quae silvas servant, V.—Of abstract objects, to keep, keep to, preserve, maintain, observe : ordines, Cs.: ordinem laboris quietisque, L.: intervallum, Cs.: tenorem pugnae, L.: fidem, T.: de numero dierum fidem, Cs.: aequitatem: indutiarum iura, Cs.: legem: cum populus suum servaret, i. e. provided public rights were not violated : pretium servare, to maintain the price : Aequam mentem, H.: nati amorem, V.—Fig., to keep in view, give heed, pay attention, take care, watch, observe : solus Sannio servat domi, T.: Cetera (lumina) servabant, kept watch , O.: hic rupes maxima, serva! beware , H.: itinera nostra, Cs.: Palinurus dum sidera servat, V.: pomaria dederat servanda draconi, O.: Me infensus servat, ne quam faciam fallaciam, T.: cum ita decemviri servassent, ut unus fascīs haberet, L.—Of an omen, to observe : secundam avem, Enn. ap. C.: de caelo servare, to observe the lightning (as an omen).

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