conservus

Latin

Etymology

From con- +‎ servus.

Noun

cōnservus m (genitive cōnservī); second declension

1. fellow slave or servant

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	cōnservus	cōnservī
Genitive	cōnservī	cōnservōrum
Dative	cōnservō	cōnservīs
Accusative	cōnservum	cōnservōs
Ablative	cōnservō	cōnservīs
Vocative	cōnserve	cōnservī

Descendants

• French: concierge
  • →? Belarusian: кансье́рж (kansʹjérž)
  • → Catalan: conserge
  • → English: concierge
  • → German: Concierge
  • → Portuguese: concierge
  • → Russian: консье́рж (konsʹjérž)
  • → Serbo-Croatian: konsijerž / консијерж
  • → Spanish: conserje
  • → Ukrainian: консьє́рж (konsʹjérž)

References

• “conservus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “conservus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• conservus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.