servantia
Dictionary entries
- Entry →servo, servare, servavi, servatus:
Verb · 1st conjugation
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
watch over; protect, store, keep, guard, preserve, save;
acc. pl. pres. act. part.nom. pl. pres. act. part.voc. pl. pres. act. part. - Entry →servans, servantis (gen.), servantior -or -us, servantissimus -a -um:
Adjective · 3rd declension
- Frequency:
- Very Rare
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
ready to maintain (law/principle);
acc. pl. (n.)nom. pl. (n.)voc. pl. (n.)
Examples

Liber Tertius
Publius Papinius Statius from SILVAE
"...ratis acta per undas paulatim minor et longe servantia vincit lumina, tot gracili ligno complexa timores, quaeque super..."Metamorphoses XIV
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...loquendo detinuit sermone diem iunctisque canendo vincere harundinibus servantia lumina temptat. ille tamen pugnat molles evincere somnos..."Metamorphoses I
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...loquendo detinuit sermone diem iunctisque canendo vincere harundinibus servantia lumina temptat. ille tamen pugnat molles evincere somnos..."
