conservator
Εἴκειν δ' οὐκ ἐπίσταται κακοῖς → You don't know how to yield to your misfortunes
Latin > English
conservator conservatoris N M :: keeper, one who preserves; defender; savior; worshiper (late) (L+S)
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
conservātor: ōris, m. conservo,
I a keeper, preserver, defender (several times in Cic. and in inscriptions; elsewh. rare): pro di inmortales, custodes et conservatores hujus urbis atque imperii, Cic. Sest. 24, 53; so as an epithet of Jupiter, Inscr. Orell. 1225 sq.; 1629; 4982 al.: istius urbis (with parens), Cic. Att. 9, 10, 3: civitatis, id. Sest. 45, 98: patriae, id. Har. Resp. 27, 58: inimicorum, id. Att. 8, 9, 3: Romani nominis Augustus (with conditor), Vell. 2, 60, 1: inimicorum (opp.: desertor amicorum), Cic. Att. 8, 9, 3: conservatoris sibi nomen, Graeco ejus rei vocabulo, assumpsit, Tac. A. 15, 71.—
II A worshipper, Tert. adv. Nat. 1, 7.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
cōnservātŏr,¹¹ ōris, m. (conservo), conservateur, sauveur : conservator Urbis Cic. Att. 9, 10, 3, sauveur de Rome || sauveur, titre donné à certains dieux : Tac. Ann. 15, 71 ; CIL 3, 875.
Latin > German (Georges)
cōnservātor, ōris, m. (conservo), I) der Bewahrer vor dem Untergange, Verderben, der Erhalter, Retter (dah. oft für das griech. σωτήρ; Ggstz. perditor), α) leb. Wesen: inimicorum, Cic. ad Att. 8, 9, 3. – β) lebl. Ggstde.: urbis, civitatis, Cic.: rei publicae, Cic.: nominis Romani, Vell.: patriae, Cic.: verb. c. et custos rei publicae (Ggstz. perditor et vexator rei publicae), Cic.: di custodes et conservatores huius urbis atque imperii, Cic. – absol., conservatoris sibi nomen, Graeco eius rei vocabulo (σωτηρος), assumpsit, Tac. ann. 15, 71: u. als Beiname Apollos, Corp. inscr. Lat. 3, 875; Jupiters, sehr oft in Inschr. – II) der Verehrer Gottes, Tert. ad nat. 1, 7.
