servio

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See also: Servio and sérvio

Latin

Etymology

From servus (“slave, servant”) +‎ -iō.

Pronunciation

Verb

serviō (present infinitive servīre, perfect active servīvī or serviī, supine servītum); fourth conjugation, impersonal in the passive

  1. to be a slave to; to serve
    Synonyms: oboediō, appāreō
    • 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.
  2. to be devoted to, subject to
    Synonyms: dēdō, studeō
  3. to have respect to, regard or care for, consult
    Synonyms: cōnsulō, cūrō, accūrō, cōnsultō, colō, respiciō
  4. to aim at
    Synonyms: tendō, intendō, spectō, quaerō, affectō

Conjugation

The only passive forms found for this verb are third-person singular.

   Conjugation of serviō (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,
serviistī 		servīvit,
servīt,
serviit 		servīvimus,
servīmus,
serviimus 		servīvistis,
servīstis,
serviistis 		servīvērunt,
servērunt,
servīvēre,
servēre,
serviērunt,
serviēre
pluperfect servīveram,
servīram,
servieram 		servīverās,
servīrās,
servierās 		servīverat,
servīrat,
servierat 		servīverāmus,
servīrāmus,
servierāmus 		servīverātis,
servīrātis,
servierātis 		servīverant,
servīrant,
servierant
future perfect servīverō,
servīrō,
servierō 		servīveris,
servīris,
servieris 		servīverit,
servīrit,
servierit 		servīverimus,
servīrimus,
servierimus 		servīveritis,
servīritis,
servieritis 		servīverint,
servīrint,
servierint
passive present — — servītur — — —
imperfect — — serviēbātur — — —
future — — serviētur — — —
perfect — — servītum est — — —
pluperfect — — servītum erat — — —
future perfect — — servītum erit — — —
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,
servierim 		servīverīs,
servīrīs,
servierīs 		servīverit,
servīrit,
servierit 		servīverīmus,
servīrīmus,
servierīmus 		servīverītis,
servīrītis,
servierītis 		servīverint,
servīrint,
servierint
pluperfect servīvissem,
servīssem,
serviissem 		servīvissēs,
servīssēs,
serviissēs 		servīvisset,
servīsset,
serviisset 		servīvissēmus,
servīssēmus,
serviissēmus 		servīvissētis,
servīssētis,
serviissētis 		servīvissent,
servīssent,
serviissent
passive present — — serviātur — — —
imperfect — — servīrētur — — —
perfect — — servītum sit — — —
pluperfect — — servītum esset,
servītum foret 		— — —
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,
serviisse 		servītūrum esse servīrī servītum esse —
participles serviēns — servītūrus — servītum serviendum,
serviundum
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
serviendī serviendō serviendum serviendō servītum servītū

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
  • servio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (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
    • (ambiguous) to examine slaves by torture: de servis quaerere (in dominum)
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