cōn-servō āvī, ātus, āre, to retain, keep safe, maintain, preserve, spare: te, T.: civīs: omnīs, Cs.: rem familiarem diligentiā: simulacra arasque, N.: civīs incolumīs: animum integrum: incolumis ab eo conservatus est, left unpunished, Cs.

—Fig., to keep intact, preserve inviolate, guard, observe: ius legatorum, Cs.: ius iurandum: disciplinam: voluntatem mortuorum: maiestatem populi R.: pristinum animum erga alqm, L.