I.a (female) fellow-slave.
I. Prop., Plaut. Cas. 1, 20; id. Mil. 4, 8, 30; Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 75; Varr. R. R. 1, 17, 5 al.; dat. plur. conservabus, Dig. 33, 7, 27.—
II. Transf. to inanimate things: “nolo ego foris conservas Meas a te verberarier,” Plaut. As. 2, 3, 6: “duraque conservae ligna, valete, fores,” Ov. Am. 1, 6, 74.