Oxford Latin Dictionary
Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, 1746.seruiō on page 1746
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servīre to serve
servīre is a Latin Verb that primarily means to serve.
Definitions for servīre
Wheelock's Latin
Verb
- 1
+dat., to be a slave to, serve
- 2
distinguish from servāre
English derivatives:
service disservice subserve subservient servile servility deserve desert = reward dessert
Oxford Latin Dictionary
Verb
- 1
To serve (a master) in the capacity of slave (used of addicti as well as true slaves), wait on, be the servant of. (b) (transf., of a lover; of a worshipper).
- 2
(of states or individuals) To be politically subject.
- 3
To put one's self at the service of, labour for (countries, individuals, etc.). (b) to devote oneself (to an occupation).
- 4
To act in subservience, subordinate one's actions (to any interest, demand, etc.). (b) to act as though bound (by terms, etc.), adhere (to).
- 5
(of inanim. subjs.) To be at the service of (a person or thing), be employed (for). (b) to serve (for), do duty (as).
Sentences with servīre
Latin to English
Sī quis sibi sōlī serviet, rem publicam numquam servābit.Compare If anyone serves himself alone, he will never save the republic.
Ōrātor nōs hortātus est ut līberae patriae nostrae cum studiō servīrēmus.Compare The speaker urged us to serve our free country eagerly.
Praestat enim nēminī imperāre quam alicui servīre: sine illo enim vīvere honestē licet, cum hōc vīvendi nūlla condiciō est. (M. Junius Brutus, fragment of De dictatura Pompei)Compare For it is better to give orders to no one than to be a slave to anyone: for without the former it is possible to live honorably, with the latter there is no way of living.
Hic natura multitudo sum; aut servio humiliter, aut superbe dominor.Compare This the character of the multitude; it is either obsequiously servile, or proudly domineering.
Conjugation table for servīre
Cactus2000
| ACTIVE | |
| Indicative present | Indicative imperfect |
| serviō servīs servit servīmus servītis serviunt | serviēbam serviēbās serviēbat serviēbāmus serviēbātis serviēbant |
| Indicative perfect | Indicative pluperfect |
| servīvī servīvistī servīvit servīvimus servīvistis servīvērunt / servīvēre | servīveram servīverās servīverat servīverāmus servīverātis servīverant |
| Indicative future | Indicative future perfect |
| serviam serviēs serviet serviēmus serviētis servient | servīverō servīveris servīverit servīverimus servīveritis servīverint |
| Subjunctive present | Subjunctive imperfect |
| serviam serviās serviat serviāmus serviātis serviant | servīrem servīrēs servīret servīrēmus servīrētis servīrent |
| Subjunctive perfect | Subjunctive pluperfect |
| servīverim servīveris servīverit servīverimus servīveritis servīverint | servīvissem servīvissēs servīvisset servīvissēmus servīvissētis servīvissent |
Infinitive present servīre Infinitive perfect servīvisse Infinitive future servītūrum esse | Imperative present servī servīte Imperative future servītō servītō servītōte serviuntō |
| Indicative present | Indicative imperfect |
| - - servītur - - - | - - serviēbātur - - - |
| Indicative perfect | Indicative pluperfect |
| - - servītus est - - - | - - servītus erat - - - |
| Indicative future | Indicative future perfect |
| - - serviētur - - - | - - servītus erit - - - |
| Subjunctive present | Subjunctive imperfect |
| - - serviātur - - - | - - servīrētur - - - |
| Subjunctive perfect | Subjunctive pluperfect |
| - - servītus sit - - - | - - servītus esset - - - |
Infinitive present servīrī Infinitive perfect servītum esse Infinitive future servītum īrī | Imperative present - - Imperative future - servītō - - |
| PARTICIPLE | ||
| Participle present active | ||
| Nom. | serviēns | servientēs |
| Gen. | servientis | servientium |
| Dat. | servientī | servientibus |
| Acc. | servientem | servientēs |
| Abl. | serviente | servientibus |
| Participle future active | ||
| Nom. | servītūrus | servītūrī |
| Gen. | servītūrī | servītūrōrum |
| Dat. | servītūrō | servītūrīs |
| Acc. | servītūrum | servītūrōs |
| Abl. | servītūrō | servītūrīs |
| Participle perfect passive | ||
| Nom. | servītus | servītī |
| Gen. | servītī | servītōrum |
| Dat. | servītō | servītīs |
| Acc. | servītum | servītōs |
| Abl. | servītō | servītīs |
| Gerundive | ||
| Nom. | serviendus | serviendī |
| Gen. | serviendī | serviendōrum |
| Dat. | serviendō | serviendīs |
| Acc. | serviendum | serviendōs |
| Abl. | serviendō | serviendīs |
| Gerund | Supine | |
| Nom. | servīre | servītum |
| Gen. | serviendī | servītū |
| Dat. | serviendō | |
| Acc. | serviendum | |
| Abl. | serviendō | |
Data sources
Notes
- Definitions
- Frederick M. Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 6th ed., rev. Richard A. LaFleur (New York, NY: HarperCollins Publishers, 2005): 249.
- P. G. W. Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, Vols. 1-8 (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1982): 1746.
- Word frequencies
- Christopher Francese, "Latin Core Vocabulary," Dickinson College Commentaries, last modified 2014, http://dcc.dickinson.edu.
- Paul B. Diederich, The Frequency of Latin Words and Their Endings, PhD diss., (Columbia University, 1939).
- Louis Delatte, Suzanne Govaerts, Joseph Denooz, and Etienne Evrard, Dictionnaire fréquentiel et index inverse de la langue latine [Frequency Dictionary and Inverse Index of the Latin Language] (Liège, Belgium: Laboratoire d'analyse statistique des langues anciennes de l'Université de Liège [L.A.S.L.A.], 1981): 119-219.
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Diederich, Paul B. The Frequency of Latin Words and Their Endings. PhD diss., Columbia University, 1939.
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Citation
Chicago (17th ed.)
Allo Contributors. "serviō, servīre, servīvī, servītum (v.) - Latin Word Definition." Allo Latin Dictionary. Last modified . Accessed November 21, 2024. http://ancientlanguages.org/latin/dictionary/servio-servire-servivi-servitum.
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Wheelock's Latin
Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 249.serviō, servīre, servīvī, servītum on page 249
