Lemma 1sērvŏs
noun
Morphology
nominative singularseru + us · regular
Lewis & Short
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Lemma 2sērvus
adjective
slave; servantMorphology
masculine nominative singularseru + us · regular
Lewis & Short
servus, a, um, [referred by the ancients to servo; but prob. from root svar-; Lith. svaras, a weight; ; O. H. swari, burdensome; schwer, heavy; also serius]slavish, servile, subject.
With homo = 2. servus.
With other subjects (not till after the per.); Dietsch: statu libera quicquid peperit, hoc servum heredis est.
Jurid. t. t., of buildings, lands, , liable to certain burdens, subject to a servitude; servio, II. B., and servitus, II B. — Hence.
a slave, servant, serf, serving-man; a female slave, maid-servant.
Masc. (: famulus, mancipium), Enn. (Com. 5 Vahl.); Cato : servi, ancillae, Fest. prohibere, p. 234 Müll.; publici, public slaves, S. C. — Prov.: quot servi, tot hostes, Sinn. Capito Fest. quot, p. 261 Müll. — : poenae servus, a slave of punishment, condemned to servile labor.
(where B. and K. have omnes servimus).
Fem. (mostly anteclass. for ancilla)
Lemma 3sērvus
nounmasculine
slave; servantMorphology
nominative singularseru + us · regular
Lewis & Short
servus, a, um, [referred by the ancients to servo; but prob. from root svar-; Lith. svaras, a weight; ; O. H. swari, burdensome; schwer, heavy; also serius]slavish, servile, subject.
With homo = 2. servus.
With other subjects (not till after the per.); Dietsch: statu libera quicquid peperit, hoc servum heredis est.
Jurid. t. t., of buildings, lands, , liable to certain burdens, subject to a servitude; servio, II. B., and servitus, II B. — Hence.
a slave, servant, serf, serving-man; a female slave, maid-servant.
Masc. (: famulus, mancipium), Enn. (Com. 5 Vahl.); Cato : servi, ancillae, Fest. prohibere, p. 234 Müll.; publici, public slaves, S. C. — Prov.: quot servi, tot hostes, Sinn. Capito Fest. quot, p. 261 Müll. — : poenae servus, a slave of punishment, condemned to servile labor.
(where B. and K. have omnes servimus).
Fem. (mostly anteclass. for ancilla)
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