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+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Plautus|origins=la servō}}
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+ ==Pronunciation==
+ * IPA (Classical): [kõːˈsɛr.woː]^(Wiktionary)
+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [konˈsɛr.vo]^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Forms==
+ '''cōnservō''' (present infinitive cōnservāre, perfect active cōnservāvī, supine cōnservātum); first conjugation^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Etymology==
+ It is from [[con-]] and [[servō]] “to save, keep”.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline) Quintilian notes that the perfect infinitive ⟨cōnservāsse⟩ was more usual than ⟨cōnservāvisse⟩.^(Lewis & Short 1879)
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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==
+ The OLD's first citation is Plautus, of saving from danger.^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates Plautus c. 250–184 BC.^(Köbler 2010)
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+ ==Semantic evolution==
+ It meant to save from danger, preserve, as in Plautus and Cicero's self-preservation, to keep intact, as in Cato, and to keep unchanged, maintain, as in Pacuvius.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016) It also meant to act in accordance with, observe, keep to a rule, as in the Rhetorica ad Herennium.^(OLD 2012)
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+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it meant to preserve, keep, save, protect.^(Stelten 1995) It survives in French ''conserver'', Italian ''conservare'' and Spanish ''conservar''.^(Wiktionary) [[en|conserve]] came in the late 14th century, and [[en|conservation]] and [[en|conservative]] come from ''cōnservātiō'' and Medieval Latin ''cōnservātīvus''.^(Etymonline)
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+ ==Timeline==
+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus uses it of saving.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * 234–149 BC – Cato uses it of keeping intact.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * 220–130 BC – Pacuvius uses it of maintaining.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * late 14th century – English ''conserve'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)
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+ ==Meanings==
+ ===Verb===
+ # To save, [[m|en|preserve]].^(OLD 2012)
+ # To keep intact.^(OLD 2012)
+ # To maintain, keep unchanged.^(OLD 2012)
+ # To observe, keep to.^(OLD 2012)
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+ ==Related words==
+ * [[servō]]
+ * [[cōnservātiō]]
+ * [[en|conserve]]
+ * [[en|conservation]]
+ * [[en|conservative]]
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+ ==References==
+ {{reflist}}