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conserva, ae, f. [conservus], a (female) fellow-slave.

  1. I. Prop., Plaut. Cas. 1, 20; id. Mil. 4, 8, 30; Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 75; Varr. R. R. 1, 17, 5 al.; dat. plur. conservabus, Dig. 33, 7, 27.
  2. II. Transf. to inanimate things: nolo ego foris conservas Meas a te verberarier, Plaut. As. 2, 3, 6: duraque conservae ligna, valete, fores, Ov. Am. 1, 6, 74.

con-servus, i, m., a fellow-slave, a companion in servitude, Plaut. Capt. 2, 1, 52; id. Mil. 2, 1, 67; Ter. Ad. 3, 3, 71; Cic. Clu. 64, 179; id. Fam. 12, 3, 2; Hor. S. 1, 8, 9; 2, 7, 80; Tac. Agr. 31; Dig. 11, 3, 14, § 2; Inscr. Orell. 4598 al.
In gen. plur. conservūm, Titin. ap. Fest. p. 270, 20 Müll. (Com. Rel. v. 132 Rib.).
Of a dog in relation to slaves, Col. 7, 12, 5.
Trop.: servi sunt, immo conservi, Sen. Ep. 47, 1.