servans, servantis (gen.), servantior -or -us, servantissimus -a -um:
Adjective · 3rd declension · variant: 1st
- Frequency:
- Very Rare
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
ready to maintain (law/principle);
Inflections
positive
neuter
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | — | servantia |
| Acc. | servans | servantia |
| Voc. | — | servantia |
comparative
neuter
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | servantius | servantiora |
| Gen. | servantioris | — |
| Acc. | servantius | servantiora |
| Voc. | servantius | servantiora |
superlative
masculine
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | servantissimus | servantissimi |
| Gen. | servantissimi | servantissimorum |
| Dat. | servantissimo | — |
| Acc. | servantissimum | servantissimos |
| Voc. | servantissime | servantissimi |
| Abl. | servantissimo | — |
feminine
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | servantissima | servantissimae |
| Gen. | servantissimae | servantissimarum |
| Dat. | servantissimae | — |
| Acc. | servantissimam | servantissimas |
| Voc. | servantissima | servantissimae |
| Abl. | servantissima | — |
neuter
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | servantissimum | servantissima |
| Gen. | servantissimi | servantissimorum |
| Dat. | servantissimo | — |
| Acc. | servantissimum | servantissima |
| Voc. | servantissimum | servantissima |
| Abl. | servantissimo | — |
Examples
- T
Liber V
Titus Lucretius Carus (Lucretius) from DE RERVM NATVRA LIBRI SEX
"...Thracia Bistoniasque plagas atque Ismara propter aureaque Hesperidum servans fulgentia mala, asper, acerba tuens, immani corpore serpens arboris..." - P
Aeneid VII
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...antiqua e cedro, Italusque paterque Sabinus vitisator curvam servans sub imagine falcem, Saturnusque senex Ianique bifrontis imago vestibulo..." - P
Aeneid I
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...spumas salis aere ruebant, cum Iuno, aeternum servans sub pectore volnus, haec secum: 'Mene incepto desistere victam..." - G
Liber III
Gaius Julius Caesar from COMMENTARIORUM LIBRI III DE BELLO CIVILI
"...funditoresque omnes sinistro cornu obiecerat. Caesar superius institutum servans decimam legionem in dextro cornu, nonam in sinistro collocaverat..." - T
Liber IX
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...vehementius ictu missuque telum. Statarius uterque miles, ordines servans; sed illa phalanx immobilis et unius generis, Romana acies..."