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..."- P
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..." - P
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..."
