Noun: servus
Hyphenation:
Gender: Masculine
Declension: Second
Nominative
| Singular | servus |
| Plural | servī |
Genitive
| Singular | servī |
| Plural | servōrum |
Dative
| Singular | servō |
| Plural | servīs |
Accusative
| Singular | servum |
| Plural | servōs |
Ablative
| Singular | servō |
| Plural | servīs |
Vocative
| Singular | serve |
| Plural | servī |
Sample Sentences
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Quem patrem, qui servos est? (Father! What do you mean, when he’s a slave?) [Captivi ("the captives") by Plautus (English and Latin text)]
Nouns inflected like servus
priāpismus,
scāpus,
servus,
cuneolus,
sargus,
saccus,
scarus,
scinus,
scopus,
illēgitimus,
sorbus,
sophus,
somnus,
Hispānus,
soccus,
sirpus,
siclus,
icterus,
cunīculus,
xystus, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
From Old Latin servos, from Proto-Italic *serwos (“guardian”), from Proto-Indo-European *ser-wo-s (“guardian”), possibly from *ser- (“watch over, protect”) + *-wós. Cognate with servō, Avestan 𐬵𐬀𐬭𐬀𐬌𐬙𐬌 (haraⁱti, “he heeds, protects”), Northern Luri هیر (hir, “protects”).
Verbs referencing "servus"
English Nouns
serf, Catalan Nouns
serf, Dutch Nouns
serf, French Nouns
serf, Galician Nouns
servo, Italian Nouns
servo, Portuguese Nouns
servo, English Nouns
serve, English Nouns
servitude, French Nouns
servitude, Romanian Nouns
serv, Spanish Nouns
siervo, Romanian Nouns
șerb, English Nouns
Culdee, Ancient Greek Nouns
εἴρερος, Old Spanish Nouns
sieruo, Old English Nouns
serfis.
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