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Servio
servio
servio
Latin
Verb
serviō (present infinitive servīre, perfect active servīvī, supine servītum); fourth conjugation, impersonal in the passive
- (with dative) I am a slave to; I serve
- Seneca Minor, Epistulae Morales ad Lucilium, Epistula XCII
- Nemo liber est qui corpori servit.
- No one is free who is a slave to his body.
- Nemo liber est qui corpori servit.
- Seneca Minor, Epistulae Morales ad Lucilium, Epistula XCII
- (with dative) I am devoted to, subject to
Inflection
The only passive forms found for this verb are third-person singular.
| Conjugation of servio (fourth conjugation, impersonal in passive) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indicative | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | serviō | servīs | servit | servīmus | servītis | serviunt |
| imperfect | serviēbam, servībam | serviēbās, servībās | serviēbat, servībat | serviēbāmus, servībāmus | serviēbātis, servībātis | serviēbant, servībant | |
| future | serviam, servībō | serviēs, servībis | serviet, servībit | serviēmus, servībimus | serviētis, servībitis | servient, servībunt | |
| perfect | servīvī, serviī | servīvistī, servīstī | servīvit, servīt | servīvimus, servīmus | servīvistis, servīstis | servīvērunt, servērunt, servīvēre, servēre | |
| pluperfect | servīveram, servīram | servīverās, servīrās | servīverat, servīrat | servīverāmus, servīrāmus | servīverātis, servīrātis | servīverant, servīrant | |
| future perfect | servīverō, servīrō | servīveris, servīris | servīverit, servīrit | servīverimus, servīrimus | servīveritis, servīritis | servīverint, servīrint | |
| passive | present | — | — | servītur | — | — | — |
| imperfect | — | — | serviēbātur | — | — | — | |
| future | — | — | serviētur | — | — | — | |
| perfect | servītus + present active indicative of sum | ||||||
| pluperfect | servītus + imperfect active indicative of sum | ||||||
| future perfect | servītus + future active indicative of sum | ||||||
| subjunctive | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | serviam | serviās | serviat | serviāmus | serviātis | serviant |
| imperfect | servīrem | servīrēs | servīret | servīrēmus | servīrētis | servīrent | |
| perfect | servīverim, servīrim | servīverīs, servīrīs | servīverit, servīrit | servīverīmus, servīrīmus | servīverītis, servīrītis | servīverint, servīrint | |
| pluperfect | servīvissem, servīssem | servīvissēs, servīssēs | servīvisset, servīsset | servīvissēmus, servīssēmus | servīvissētis, servīssētis | servīvissent, servīssent | |
| passive | present | — | — | serviātur | — | — | — |
| imperfect | — | — | servīrētur | — | — | — | |
| perfect | servītus + present active subjunctive of sum | ||||||
| pluperfect | servītus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum | ||||||
| imperative | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | — | servī | — | — | servīte | — |
| future | — | servītō | servītō | — | servītōte | serviuntō | |
| non-finite forms | active | passive | |||||
| present | perfect | future | present | perfect | future | ||
| infinitives | servīre | servīvisse, servīsse | servītūrus esse | servīrī | servītus esse | — | |
| participles | serviēns | — | servītūrus | — | servītus | serviendus | |
| verbal nouns | gerund | supine | |||||
| nominative | genitive | dative/ablative | accusative | accusative | ablative | ||
| servīre | serviendī | serviendō | serviendum | servītum | servītū | ||
Related terms
Related terms
Descendants
See also
References
- servio in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- servio in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “servio”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
- Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to accommodate oneself to circumstances: tempori servire, cedere
- to look after, guard a person's interests, welfare: commodis alicuius servire
- to have regard for one's good name: famae servire, consulere
- to be the slave of one's desires: cupiditatibus servire, pārēre
- to be careful of one's dignity: dignitati suae servire, consulere
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(ambiguous) to examine slaves by torture: de servis quaerere (in dominum)
- to accommodate oneself to circumstances: tempori servire, cedere