LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
verbfirst conjugation

reservō

reservō (present infinitive reservāre, perfect active reservāvī, supine reservātum)
Classical[rɛˈsɛr.woː]Ecclesiastical[reˈs̬ɛr.vo]

Meaning

  1. to reserve, retain, save; to keep or hold back or in reserve
    Nam quid dissimulō, aut quae mē ad maiōra reservō?“For why do I hide [my feelings], or for what greater [outrage] am I holding back?” (In other words, Dido drops any pretense of reserve: She will speak her mind and vent her anger.)29 BCE – 19 BCE, Vergilius, Aeneis 4.368
  2. to spare

Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers

Conjugation conjugation 1

active indicative
formpresentimperfectfutureperfectpluperfectfut. perfect
1st sg.reservōreservābamreservābōreservāvīreservāveram
reservāram		reservāverō
reservārō
2nd sg.reservāsreservābāsreservābisreservāvistī
reservāstī		reservāverās
reservārās		reservāveris
reservāris
3rd sg.reservatreservābatreservābitreservāvit
reservāt		reservāverat
reservārat		reservāverit
reservārit
1st pl.reservāmusreservābāmusreservābimusreservāvimus
reservāmus		reservāverāmus
reservārāmus		reservāverimus
reservārimus
2nd pl.reservātisreservābātisreservābitisreservāvistis
reservāstis		reservāverātis
reservārātis		reservāveritis
reservāritis
3rd pl.reservantreservābantreservābuntreservāvērunt
reservārunt, reservāvēre		reservāverant
reservārant		reservāverint
reservārint
active subjunctive
active subjunctive
formpresentimperfectperfectpluperfect
1st sg.reservemreservāremreservāverim
reservārim		reservāvissem
reservāssem
2nd sg.reservēsreservārēsreservāverīs
reservārīs		reservāvissēs
reservāssēs
3rd sg.reservetreservāretreservāverit
reservārit		reservāvisset
reservāsset
1st pl.reservēmusreservārēmusreservāverīmus
reservārīmus		reservāvissēmus
reservāssēmus
2nd pl.reservētisreservārētisreservāverītis
reservārītis		reservāvissētis
reservāssētis
3rd pl.reserventreservārentreservāverint
reservārint		reservāvissent
reservāssent
passive indicative
passive indicative
formpresentimperfectfuture
1st sg.reservorreservābarreservābor
2nd sg.reservāris
reservāre		reservābāris
reservābāre		reservāberis
reservābere
3rd sg.reservāturreservābāturreservābitur
1st pl.reservāmurreservābāmurreservābimur
2nd pl.reservāminīreservābāminīreservābiminī
3rd pl.reservanturreservābanturreservābuntur
passive subjunctive
passive subjunctive
formpresentimperfect
1st sg.reserverreservārer
2nd sg.reservēris
reservēre		reservārēris
reservārēre
3rd sg.reservēturreservārētur
1st pl.reservēmurreservārēmur
2nd pl.reservēminīreservārēminī
3rd pl.reserventurreservārentur
imperative
imperative
formactivepassive
pres. 2nd sg.reservāreservāre
pres. 2nd pl.reservātereservāminī
fut. 2nd sg.reservātōreservātor
fut. 3rd sg.reservātōreservātor
fut. 2nd pl.reservātōte—
fut. 3rd pl.reservantōreservantor
infinitives & participles
infinitives & participles
formactivepassive
present infinitivereservārereservārī
perfect infinitivereservāvisse
reservāsse		reservātum esse
future infinitivereservātūrum essereservātum īrī
present participlereservāns—
perfect participle—reservātus
reservāta, reservātā, reservātae, reservātam, reservātārum, reservātās, reservātī, reservātōrum, reservātōs
future participlereservātūrus
reservātūra, reservātūrā, reservātūrae, reservātūram, reservātūrārum, reservātūrās, reservātūre, reservātūrī, reservātūrīs, reservātūrō, reservātūrōrum, reservātūrōs, reservātūrum		reservandus
reservanda, reservandā, reservandae, reservandam, reservandārum, reservandās, reservande, reservandīs, reservandōrum, reservandōs
gerundreservandī, reservandō, reservandumsupinereservātum, reservātū

Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book

integrum (causam integram) sibi reservare
to leave the question open; to refuse to commit oneself.

rĕ-servo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a.,
I. to keep back, save up, qs. for future use; to reserve (very freq. and class.; cf. repono); constr.: aliquid (aliquem) ad aliquid, in aliquid, alicui, with a terminal adv. or absol.
(a). With ad: reliquas merces commeatusque ad obsidionem urbis, Caes. B. C. 1, 36: philosophorum libros sibi ad Tusculani requiem atque otium, Cic. de Or. 1, 52, 224; id. Sull. 28, 77: aliquid ad testes, id. Rosc. Am. 29, 82: vitam suam ad incertissimam spem, id. Sest. 22, 50: hoc consilium ad extremum, Caes. B. G. 3, 3 fin.: ad ejus periculum legiones, id. B. C. 1, 2: consulem non ad vitam suam sed ad salutem vestram, Cic. Cat. 4, 9, 18: te ad aliquod severius judicium, id. Or. in Tog. Cand. (tom. ii. 1, p. 523 Orell.): vos ad eam rem, id. Rosc. Am. 52, 151: testem ad extremum, id. Caecin. 10, 28: nonne et hominem ipsum ad dubia rei publicae tempora reservandum? id. Font. 19, 42(15, 32): utinam ad illa tempora me fortuna reservavisset! id. Off. 2, 21, 75: se ad majora, Verg. A. 4, 368.—
(b). With in: inimicitiasque in aliud tempus reservare, Cic. Prov. Cons. 20, 47: poenas praesentis fraudis in diem, id. Cael. 24, 59: partem (stercoris) in pratum, Cato, R. R. 29: aliquem in aliud tempus, Caes. B. G. 1, 53; id. B. C. 3, 60: aliquos in unum pugnae laborem, Liv. 7, 7.—
(g). With dat.: natura reservans semina rebus, Lucr. 1, 614: illorum esse praedam atque illis reservari, Caes. B. G. 5, 34: causam a judicibus praetermissam ipsis (decemviris), Cic. Agr. 1, 4, 12: scientiam rei mihi, id. Or. 48, 160: tibi se peritura Pergama, Ov. M. 13, 168: cetera praesenti sermoni, Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 8, 1; id. Mur. 21, 45: ista judicia melioribus meis rebus, Liv. 3, 51: se temporibus aliis, Cic. Planc. 5, 13: me Minucio et Salvio, id. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 6, § 21: nos reipublicae, Liv. 25, 6: te non urbi sed carceri, Cic. Att. 1, 16, 9: cui te exitio, Verg. A. 5, 625: incolumem Pallanta mihi si fata reservant, id. ib. 8, 575: se judiciis posterorum, Quint. 11, 1, 10: supplicia alicui, Stat. Th. 8, 121.— *
(d). With a terminal adv.: quid hoc homine facias? aut quo civem importunum reserves? Cic. Sest. 13, 29.—(ε) With a simple object, to keep from perishing, to save, preserve (very rare): vide ne, cum velis revocare tempus omnium reservandorum, cum qui servetur non erit, non possis, Cic. Fam. 5, 4, 2 Orell. N. cr.; cf.: partum reservare, Cels. 2, 8 med.: reservatis Haeduis atque Arvernis, Caes. B. G. 7, 89 fin.: hominem, Tac. H. 4, 42 fin.: gladiatores, Suet. Caes. 26: quaesitique tenax et qui quaesita reservent, Ov. M. 7, 657.

Origins

  1. Proto-Italic*wre-
  2. Latinreservō

Proto-Indo-European *ser-der.? Proto-Italic *serwos Latin servus Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin servō Latin reservō From re- (“again, back”) + servō (“save; preserve”).

Descendants
  • Catalanreservar
  • Englishreserve
  • Frenchréserver
  • Italianriservare
  • Portuguesereservar
  • Romanianrezerva
  • Spanishreservar
  • Galicianreservar
  • Sicilianrisirbari

In English words that came into English from reservō

  • reservereservō

Quick answers

What does reservō mean in Latin?
reservō, a verb, means “to reserve, retain, save; to keep or hold back or in reserve; to spare”.
What are the principal parts of reservō?
reservō, reservāre, reservāvī, reservātum (first conjugation).
How do you pronounce reservō?
In classical Latin, [rɛˈsɛr.woː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [reˈs̬ɛr.vo].
Where does reservō come from?
Proto-Italic *wre- → Latin reservō.