praeservo
Latin
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /prae̯ˈser.u̯oː/, [präe̯ˈs̠ɛru̯oː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /preˈser.vo/, [preˈs̬ɛrvo]
Verb
praeservō (present infinitive praeservāre, perfect active praeservāvī, supine praeservātum); first conjugation
- I watch over beforehand
- Synonym: cū̆stōdiō
- I protect beforehand, keep beforehand, guard beforehand, save beforehand
- I preserve, store beforehand
Conjugation
Related terms
Descendants
Descendants
- Catalan: preservar
- English: preserve
- French: préserver
- Galician: preservar
- Italian: preservare
- Occitan: preservar
- Portuguese: preservar
- Sicilian: prisirvari
- Spanish: preservar
References
- “praeservo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- praeservo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.