reserve (v.) Copy link Outline 1. rĕservo, 1 (constr. with acc. and ad or in, the dat., or an adv. of direction, to denote the purpose for which a thing is r.d)2. servo, 1 (constr. like preced.)3. sēpōno, pŏsui, pŏsĭtum, 3 (to lay aside)4. rĕpōno, pŏsui, pŏsĭtum, 3 (to store up)5. sēcerno, crēvi, crētum, 3 (to set apart)6. excĭpio, cēpi, ceptum, 37. rĕcĭpio, cēpi, ceptum, 3 (very rare) • reserve (v.): 1. rĕservo, 1 (constr. with acc. and ad or in, the dat., or an adv. of direction, to denote the purpose for which a thing is r.d): to r. this plan for the last, r. hoc consilium ad extremum, Caes. B. G. 3, 3, ad fin.: to r. one's private grudges for another occasion, inimicitias in aliud tempus r., Cic. Prov. Cons. 20, 47. Join: r. et retinere, Caes. B. C. 1, 2: v. keep back. 2. servo, 1 (constr. like preced.): he was r.d to speak last, ad ultimum dicendi locum servatus est, Liv. 3, 40, ad med.: to r. to oneself full liberty, s. sibi libera omnia, Plin. Ep. 1, 5, ad fin.: to r. oneself for other opportunities, s. se aliis temporibus, Cic. Planc. 5, 13. 3. sēpōno, pŏsui, pŏsĭtum, 3 (to lay aside): I have r.d the subject for my old age, materiam senectuti seposui, Tac. H. 1, 1: Cic. 4. rĕpōno, pŏsui, pŏsĭtum, 3 (to store up): to r. Caecuban wine for festive banquets, r. Caecubum (sc. vinum) ad festas dapes, Hor. Epod. 9, 1: Virg.: Cic. 5. sēcerno, crēvi, crētum, 3 (to set apart): to r. nothing for the public treasury, nihil in publicum s., Liv. 7, 16. 6. excĭpio, cēpi, ceptum, 3: v. except. 7. rĕcĭpio, cēpi, ceptum, 3 (very rare): he r.d this small back building when he sold the house, posticulum hoc recepit quum aedes vendidit, Pl. Trin. 1, 2, 157. Phr.: I have r.d the consideration of the lands of two cities, duarum civitatum reliquos feci agros, Cic. Verr. 3, 44, 104: to r. for another occasion, differre (aliquid) in aliud tempus, id. Brut. 87, 298.