I.a keeper, preserver, defender (several times in Cic. and in inscriptions; “elsewh. rare): pro di inmortales, custodes et conservatores hujus urbis atque imperii,” Cic. Sest. 24, 53; “so as an epithet of Jupiter,” Inscr. Orell. 1225 sq.; 1629; 4982 al.: “istius urbis (with parens),” Cic. Att. 9, 10, 3: “civitatis,” id. Sest. 45, 98: “patriae,” id. Har. Resp. 27, 58: “inimicorum,” id. Att. 8, 9, 3: “Romani nominis Augustus (with conditor),” Vell. 2, 60, 1: “inimicorum (opp.: desertor amicorum),” Cic. Att. 8, 9, 3: “conservatoris sibi nomen, Graeco ejus rei vocabulo, assumpsit,” Tac. A. 15, 71.—
II. A worshipper, Tert. adv. Nat. 1, 7.
