noun · masculinethird declension
servātor
servātor m (genitive servātōris, feminine servātrīx)
Meaning
- watcher, observer
- preserver, keeper, saviour, guardian
Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers
quī servatservātor -ōris (m) — in Metamorphoses I, ch. 10
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | servātor | servātōrēs servātrīcēs |
| genitive | servātōris servātrīcis | servātōrum servātrīcum |
| dative | servātōrī servātrīcī | servātōribus servātrīcibus |
| accusative | servātōrem servātrīcem | servātōrēs servātrīcēs |
| ablative | servātōre servātrīce | servātōribus servātrīcibus |
| vocative | servātor | servātōrēs servātrīcēs |
servātor, ōris, m. id..
I. One who gives attention to any thing, a watcher, observer:
Olympi, Luc. 8, 171: cruentus Bebrycii nemoris, watcher, prowler, Stat. Th. 3, 352.—II. Pregn., a preserver, deliverer, savior (the prevailing signif. of the word; class.): Ba. An tu veneficus? Co. Immo edepol vero hominum servator magis, Plaut. Ps. 3, 2, 84:
rei publicae (opp. perditor), Cic. Planc. 36, 89; patriae, Liv. 6, 17; cf.: Romulidarum arcis servator, candidus anser, Lucr. 4, 683 Müll.: mei capitis, Cic. Planc. 42, 102: mundi, Prop. 4 (5), 6, 37. salutis, Ov. P. 4, 15, 41.—Absol.: servatorem liberatoremque acclamantibus, Liv. 34, 50 fin.: si servasti me non ideo servator es, Sen. Ben. 2, 18, 8; Servator, like the Gr. Σωτήρ, an epithet of Jupiter, Plin. 34, 8, 19, § 74; Inscr. Grut. 18, 6.—B. With abstr. objects, an observer, fulfiller of any duty (poet.);
rigidi honesti, Luc. 2, 389; cf. foederis, Claud. B. Get. 496.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
servātor ōris, m
servo, a preserver, deliverer, a saviour : servatorem liberatoremque acclamantibus, L.: mei capitis: salutis, O.
Origins
- Proto-Indo-European*ser-der.?
- Proto-Italic*serwos
- Latinservātor
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 Proto-Indo-European *-tōr Proto-Italic *-tōr Latin -tor Latin servātor From servō (“maintain, watch, save, rescue”) + -tor.