servio

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 [+dative]
    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 [+dative]
    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

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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