English → Latin
“conservator” in Latin
servōto maintain, keep; to protect, save, keep, guard, safeguard, watch over; to give heed to, pay attention to; watch, obsercōnservōto conserve, to preserve, to save, to guard, to protect; to maintain (i.e., uphold)cōnservātorkeeper, preserver, defendercustōsa guard, protector, watchman; a guardian, tutor; a jailercūrōto arrange, see to, attend to, take care of, look after, ensure, tend to; to heal, cure; to govern, command, preside ovecōnstituōto place, put, locate, lay; to set up, establish, constitute, found; to build, erect, construct
The English word conservator itself goes back to Latin servō, through cōnservātor.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
conservator
servator: conservator, conservatrix (feminine).
Keeper of a public institution, custos: curator. To make anybody the conservator of anything, constituere or praeficere aliquem curatorem alicui rei.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for conservator?
- The usual Latin words for “conservator” are servō, cōnservō, cōnservātor; also custōs, cūrō, cōnstituō. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.