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Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, 1748.seruus on page 1748
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servus slave
servus is a Latin Noun that primarily means slave.
Definitions for servus
Wheelock's Latin
Noun
- 1
slave
- 2
serva, servae, f
English derivatives:
serf servant servile service
Oxford Latin Dictionary
Noun
- 1
A slave. (b) (spec. categories of slaves; for explanation see the adjs.): ~us poenae, a criminal sentenced to one or other of certain forms of 'capital' punishment (including someone awaiting execution).
Adjective
- 1
Having ths status or condition of a slave. (b) (fig.) having the nature of a slave.
- 2
(of countries, peoples, etc.) Subject.
- 3
(leg., of land, buildings) Subject to a servitude.
Sentences with servus
Latin to English
Servī aliīs hominibus serviunt.Compare Slaves serve other men.
Ille servus fīliō meō servīvit et eum servāvit.Compare That slave served my son and saved him
Davus servos iubet canes ducere.Compare Davus orders the slaves to lead the dogs.
Occido a servus Milo in Appius via Clodius confiteor.Compare They confess that Clodius had been killed by Milo's slaves on the Appian Road.
Declension table for servus
Cactus2000
| Singular | Plural | |
| Nom. | servus | servī |
| Gen. | servī | servōrum |
| Dat. | servō | servīs |
| Acc. | servum | servōs |
| Voc. | serve | servī |
| Abl. | servō | servīs |
Data sources
Notes
- Definitions
- Frederick M. Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 6th ed., rev. Richard A. LaFleur (New York, NY: HarperCollins Publishers, 2005): 158.
- P. G. W. Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, Vols. 1-8 (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1982): 1748.
- 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): 121.
Bibliography
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Diederich, Paul B. The Frequency of Latin Words and Their Endings. PhD diss., Columbia University, 1939.
Francese, Christopher. "Latin Core Vocabulary." Dickinson College Commentaries. Last modified 2014. http://dcc.dickinson.edu/latin-vocabulary-list.
Gildersleeve, Basil L., and Gonzales Lodge. Gildersleeve's Latin Grammar: Third Edition, Revised, and Enlarged. 3rd ed. London, England: Macmillan and Co., 1903.
Glare, Peter G.W. Oxford Latin Dictionary. Vols. 1-8. Oxford, England: Clarendon Press, 1982.
Krüger, Bernd. "Latin Conjugation Tables." Cactus2000. Accessed May 5, 2023. https://latin.cactus2000.de/index.en.php.
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Citation
Chicago (17th ed.)
Allo Contributors. "servus, servī (n.) - Latin Word Definition." Allo Latin Dictionary. Last modified . Accessed November 22, 2024. http://ancientlanguages.org/latin/dictionary/servus-servi.
Entry created on . Last updated on .
Wheelock's Latin
Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 158.servus, servī on page 158
