Oxford Latin Dictionary
Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, 1746.seruō on page 1746
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servāre to save
servāre is a Latin Verb that primarily means to save.
Definitions for servāre
Wheelock's Latin
Verb
- 1
to preserve, save, keep, guard
English derivatives:
observe preserve reserve reservoir
Oxford Latin Dictionary
Verb
- 1
To watch over guard, mind, look after.
- 2
To keep under observation, watch (in order to note movement, changes, etc.). (b) to watch for the appearance of, look out for; to watch the sky for omens. (c) (transf.) to examine closely, observe.
- 3
To continue the occupation of, stay in or about; to follow in (footsteps). (b) to keep within one's field of vision, the direction of one's course. etc.
- 4
To keep, observe (a law, custom, practice, etc). (b) to keep, observe (a time for doing something). (c) to observe, keep (a festival, ceremony, etc.); (also app.) to observe the cult of (a deity or object). (d) to observe the rule (that). (e) to recognize (as a category, etc.); (w. acc. and inf.) to follow the rule or practice (that).
- 5
To maintain, keep (an activity, state of affairs, attitude, etc.).
Sentences with servāre
Latin to English
Dēbētis servāre mē.Compare You (pl.) ought to save me.
Cīvitātem eōrum (eius) servāvī (servābō; servābam; servāveram).Compare I saved (shall save; was saving; had saved) their (his) state.
Caesar eum servābat.Compare Caesar was saving him (= another person).
Amīcum Caesaris ipsīus servābant.Compare They were saving the friend of Caesar himself.
Virī fortēs aliōs servant.Compare Brave men save others
Haec fēcit ut urbem servāret.Compare He did these things that he might save the city.
Nescia mens hominum fati sortisque futurae et servare modum rebus sublata secundis!Compare Ah, mind of man, so ignorant of fate, of what shall befall him so weak to preserve moderation when riding the crest of good fortune!
Hic patria omnis ego servo.Compare I saved this our common country.
Conjugation table for servāre
Cactus2000
| ACTIVE | |
| Indicative present | Indicative imperfect |
| servō servās servat servāmus servātis servant | servābam servābās servābat servābāmus servābātis servābant |
| Indicative perfect | Indicative pluperfect |
| servāvī servāvistī servāvit servāvimus servāvistis servāvērunt / servāvēre | servāveram servāverās servāverat servāverāmus servāverātis servāverant |
| Indicative future | Indicative future perfect |
| servābō servābis servābit servābimus servābitis servābunt | servāverō servāveris servāverit servāverimus servāveritis servāverint |
| Subjunctive present | Subjunctive imperfect |
| servem servēs servet servēmus servētis servent | servārem servārēs servāret servārēmus servārētis servārent |
| Subjunctive perfect | Subjunctive pluperfect |
| servāverim servāveris servāverit servāverimus servāveritis servāverint | servāvissem servāvissēs servāvisset servāvissēmus servāvissētis servāvissent |
Infinitive present servāre Infinitive perfect servāvisse Infinitive future servātūrum esse | Imperative present servā servāte Imperative future servātō servātō servātōte servantō |
| PASSIVE | |
| Indicative present | Indicative imperfect |
| servor servāris servātur servāmur servāminī servantur | servābar servābāris / servābāre servābātur servābāmur servābāminī servābantur |
| Indicative perfect | Indicative pluperfect |
| servātus sum servātus es servātus est servātī sumus servātī estis servātī sunt | servātus eram servātus erās servātus erat servātī erāmus servātī erātis servātī erant |
| Indicative future | Indicative future perfect |
| servābor servāberis / servābere servābitur servābimur servābiminī servābuntur | servātus erō servātus eris servātus erit servātī erimus servātī eritis servātī erunt |
| Subjunctive present | Subjunctive imperfect |
| server servēris / servēre servētur servēmur servēminī serventur | servārer servārēris / servārēre servārētur servārēmur servārēminī servārentur |
| Subjunctive perfect | Subjunctive pluperfect |
| servātus sim servātus sīs servātus sit servātī sīmus servātī sītis servātī sint | servātus essem servātus essēs servātus esset servātī essēmus servātī essētis servātī essent |
Infinitive present servārī Infinitive perfect servātum esse Infinitive future servātum īrī | Imperative present servāre servāminī Imperative future servātor servātor - servāntor |
| PARTICIPLE | ||
| Participle present active | ||
| Nom. | servāns | servantēs |
| Gen. | servantis | servantium |
| Dat. | servantī | servantibus |
| Acc. | servantem | servantēs |
| Abl. | servante | servantibus |
| Participle future active | ||
| Nom. | servātūrus | servātūrī |
| Gen. | servātūrī | servātūrōrum |
| Dat. | servātūrō | servātūrīs |
| Acc. | servātūrum | servātūrōs |
| Abl. | servātūrō | servātūrīs |
| Participle perfect passive | ||
| Nom. | servātus | servātī |
| Gen. | servātī | servātōrum |
| Dat. | servātō | servātīs |
| Acc. | servātum | servātōs |
| Abl. | servātō | servātīs |
| Gerundive | ||
| Nom. | servandus | servandī |
| Gen. | servandī | servandōrum |
| Dat. | servandō | servandīs |
| Acc. | servandum | servandōs |
| Abl. | servandō | servandīs |
| Gerund | Supine | |
| Nom. | servāre | servātum |
| Gen. | servandī | servātū |
| Dat. | servandō | |
| Acc. | servandum | |
| Abl. | servandō | |
Data sources
Notes
- Definitions
- Frederick M. Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 6th ed., rev. Richard A. LaFleur (New York, NY: HarperCollins Publishers, 2005): 6.
- P. G. W. Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, Vols. 1-8 (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1982): 1746.
- Word frequencies
- Christopher Francese, "Latin Core Vocabulary," Dickinson College Commentaries, last modified 2014, http://dcc.dickinson.edu.
- Paul B. Diederich, The Frequency of Latin Words and Their Endings, PhD diss., (Columbia University, 1939).
- Louis Delatte, Suzanne Govaerts, Joseph Denooz, and Etienne Evrard, Dictionnaire fréquentiel et index inverse de la langue latine [Frequency Dictionary and Inverse Index of the Latin Language] (Liège, Belgium: Laboratoire d'analyse statistique des langues anciennes de l'Université de Liège [L.A.S.L.A.], 1981): 121.
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Citation
Chicago (17th ed.)
Allo Contributors. "servō, servāre, servāvī, servātum (v.) - Latin Word Definition." Allo Latin Dictionary. Last modified . Accessed November 21, 2024. http://ancientlanguages.org/latin/dictionary/servo-servare-servavi-servatum.
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Wheelock's Latin
Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 6.servō, servāre, servāvī, servātum on page 6
