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Latin
Etymology
From de- + servio.
Pronunciation
Verb
dēserviō (present infinitive dēservīre, perfect active dēservīvī, supine dēservītum); fourth conjugation
- to serve zealously
- to devote (oneself) to
- to be subject to
Conjugation
- Perfect and supine forms are post-Classical.
Descendants
References
- “deservio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “deservio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- deservio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.