servo

A Lockheed Type 6 remote servo adds a 1.9 multiplier to the pedal pressures and, at about £140, is rather cheaper than all the Girling single line remote servos I′ve seen advertised.

2003, Roger Williams, How to Improve Triumph TR5, 250 and 6, page 45:

If you are using Futaba servos with the application, make sure that you change the data values accordingly.

2004, Myke Predko, 123 Robotics Experiments for the Evil Genius, page 300:

The servo is an autonomic element of a control system: Setting a desired value of an output parameter makes a servo do its job independently of other factors as long as the specified value remains constant.

2008, Mark L. Latash, Neurophysiological Basis of Movement, page 95:


servo

en-verb

servo (third-person singular simple present servos, present participle servoing, simple past and past participle servoed)

servos (present singular third-person)
servoing (participle present)
servoed (participle past)
servoed (past)


servo

Two hours later Susan pulled the Pajero off the road onto the floodlit apron of the servo at the end of the Bowen bypass.

2002, Alex Miller, Journey to the Stone Country, Allen & Unwin, published 2003, page 83:

Crude oil is purchased in US dollars, so the price of the petrol at your local servo is heavily influenced by the rate of exchange between the greenback and the Aussie dollar.

2011 July 16, “Beechboro servo bandit escapes with cash”, in The West Australian:

2011 July 17, “Teen arrested over servo robbery”, in Illawarra Mercury:

(Australia, New Zealand) A service station, being a place to buy petrol for cars etc., as well as various convenience items, with or without actual car service facilities.


servo

eo-head

servo (accusative singular servon, plural servoj, accusative plural servojn)

servon (accusative singular)
servoj (plural)
servojn (accusative plural)


servo

servo (nominative singular)
servot (nominative plural)
servo (accusative nominative singular)
servot (accusative nominative plural)
servon (accusative genitive singular)
servot (accusative genitive plural)
servon (genitive singular)
servojen (genitive plural)
servoa (partitive singular)
servoja (partitive plural)
servossa (inessive singular)
servoissa (inessive plural)
servosta (elative singular)
servoista (elative plural)
servoon (illative singular)
servoihin (illative plural)
servolla (adessive singular)
servoilla (adessive plural)
servolta (ablative singular)
servoilta (ablative plural)
servolle (allative singular)
servoille (allative plural)
servona (essive singular)
servoina (essive plural)
servoksi (singular translative)
servoiksi (plural translative)
servotta (abessive singular)
servoitta (abessive plural)
servoin (instructive plural)
See the possessive forms below. (comitative)
servoni (nominative singular)
servoni (nominative plural)
servoni (accusative nominative singular)
servoni (accusative nominative plural)
servoni (accusative genitive singular)
servoni (accusative genitive plural)
servoni (genitive singular)
servojeni (genitive plural)
servoani (partitive singular)
servojani (partitive plural)
servossani (inessive singular)
servoissani (inessive plural)
servostani (elative singular)
servoistani (elative plural)
servooni (illative singular)
servoihini (illative plural)
servollani (adessive singular)
servoillani (adessive plural)
servoltani (ablative singular)
servoiltani (ablative plural)
servolleni (allative singular)
servoilleni (allative plural)
servonani (essive singular)
servoinani (essive plural)
servokseni (singular translative)
servoikseni (plural translative)
servottani (abessive singular)
servoittani (abessive plural)
servoineni (comitative plural)
servosi (nominative singular)
servosi (nominative plural)
servosi (accusative nominative singular)
servosi (accusative nominative plural)
servosi (accusative genitive singular)
servosi (accusative genitive plural)
servosi (genitive singular)
servojesi (genitive plural)
servoasi (partitive singular)
servojasi (partitive plural)
servossasi (inessive singular)
servoissasi (inessive plural)
servostasi (elative singular)
servoistasi (elative plural)
servoosi (illative singular)
servoihisi (illative plural)
servollasi (adessive singular)
servoillasi (adessive plural)
servoltasi (ablative singular)
servoiltasi (ablative plural)
servollesi (allative singular)
servoillesi (allative plural)
servonasi (essive singular)
servoinasi (essive plural)
servoksesi (singular translative)
servoiksesi (plural translative)
servottasi (abessive singular)
servoittasi (abessive plural)
servoinesi (comitative plural)
servomme (nominative singular)
servomme (nominative plural)
servomme (accusative nominative singular)
servomme (accusative nominative plural)
servomme (accusative genitive singular)
servomme (accusative genitive plural)
servomme (genitive singular)
servojemme (genitive plural)
servoamme (partitive singular)
servojamme (partitive plural)
servossamme (inessive singular)
servoissamme (inessive plural)
servostamme (elative singular)
servoistamme (elative plural)
servoomme (illative singular)
servoihimme (illative plural)
servollamme (adessive singular)
servoillamme (adessive plural)
servoltamme (ablative singular)
servoiltamme (ablative plural)
servollemme (allative singular)
servoillemme (allative plural)
servonamme (essive singular)
servoinamme (essive plural)
servoksemme (singular translative)
servoiksemme (plural translative)
servottamme (abessive singular)
servoittamme (abessive plural)
servoinemme (comitative plural)
servonne (nominative singular)
servonne (nominative plural)
servonne (accusative nominative singular)
servonne (accusative nominative plural)
servonne (accusative genitive singular)
servonne (accusative genitive plural)
servonne (genitive singular)
servojenne (genitive plural)
servoanne (partitive singular)
servojanne (partitive plural)
servossanne (inessive singular)
servoissanne (inessive plural)
servostanne (elative singular)
servoistanne (elative plural)
servoonne (illative singular)
servoihinne (illative plural)
servollanne (adessive singular)
servoillanne (adessive plural)
servoltanne (ablative singular)
servoiltanne (ablative plural)
servollenne (allative singular)
servoillenne (allative plural)
servonanne (essive singular)
servoinanne (essive plural)
servoksenne (singular translative)
servoiksenne (plural translative)
servottanne (abessive singular)
servoittanne (abessive plural)
servoinenne (comitative plural)
servonsa (nominative singular)
servonsa (nominative plural)
servonsa (accusative nominative singular)
servonsa (accusative nominative plural)
servonsa (accusative genitive singular)
servonsa (accusative genitive plural)
servonsa (genitive singular)
servojensa (genitive plural)
servoaan (partitive singular)
servoansa (partitive singular)
servojaan (partitive plural)
servojansa (partitive plural)
servossaan (inessive singular)
servossansa (inessive singular)
servoissaan (inessive plural)
servoissansa (inessive plural)
servostaan (elative singular)
servostansa (elative singular)
servoistaan (elative plural)
servoistansa (elative plural)
servoonsa (illative singular)
servoihinsa (illative plural)
servollaan (adessive singular)
servollansa (adessive singular)
servoillaan (adessive plural)
servoillansa (adessive plural)
servoltaan (ablative singular)
servoltansa (ablative singular)
servoiltaan (ablative plural)
servoiltansa (ablative plural)
servolleen (allative singular)
servollensa (allative singular)
servoilleen (allative plural)
servoillensa (allative plural)
servonaan (essive singular)
servonansa (essive singular)
servoinaan (essive plural)
servoinansa (essive plural)
servokseen (singular translative)
servoksensa (singular translative)
servoikseen (plural translative)
servoiksensa (plural translative)
servottaan (abessive singular)
servottansa (abessive singular)
servoittaan (abessive plural)
servoittansa (abessive plural)
servoineen (comitative plural)
servoinensa (comitative plural)


servo

gl-noun

servo m (plural servos, feminine serva, feminine plural servas)

servos (plural)
serva (feminine)
servas (feminine plural)

From Old Galician-Portuguese servo (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin servus.


servo

Ahi serva Italia, di dolore ostello,
nave sanza nocchiere in gran tempesta,
non donna di provincie, ma bordello!

1310s, Dante Alighieri, “Canto VI”, in Purgatorio [Purgatory], lines 76–78; republished as Giorgio Petrocchi, editor, La Commedia secondo l'antica vulgata [The Commedia according to the ancient vulgate], 2ⁿᵈ revised edition, Florence: publ. Le Lettere, 1994:

Ah! servile Italy, grief's hostelry! A ship without a pilot in great tempest! No Lady thou of Provinces, but brothel!

[…] le serve braccia
Fornien di leve onnipotenti, ond’alto
Salisser poi piramidi, obelischi

1763, Giuseppe Parini, “Il mattino [Morning]”, in Opere dell'abate Giuseppe Parini - Volume primo [Works of abbot Giuseppe Parini - Volume one], Venice: Giacomo Storti, published 1803, page 126:

They endowed the servile arms with all-powerful levers, so that pyramids and obelisks could then rise

Di mille voci al sonito
Mista la sua non ha:
Vergin di servo encomio
E di codardo oltraggio

1821, Alessandro Manzoni, Il cinque maggio [The Fifth of May], collected in Opere varie di Alessandro Manzoni, Fratelli Rechiedei, published 1881, page 690, lines 17–20:

With the thousand resounding voices his one does not mix, free from all taint of servile praise and cowardly insult

(literary) servile (of or pertaining to a slave)

it-adj

servo (feminine serva, masculine plural servi, feminine plural serve)

serva (feminine)
servi (masculine plural)
serve (feminine plural)

From Latin servus, from Proto-Indo-European *ser-wo- (“guardian”), or perhaps of Etruscan origin.


servo

first-person singular present indicative of servire

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.


servo

Pollicitus sum et servāre in eō certumst quod dīxī fidem.

165 BCE, Publius Terentius Afer, Hecyra 3.3.42

I’ve made a promise and it’s certain that I shall keep what I said.

Aequam mementō rēbus in arduīs
servāre mentem […]

Remember to maintain a level mind in
difficult situations […]

“Quem sī Fāta virum servant, sī vēscitur aurā
aetheriā, neque adhūc crūdēlibus occubat umbrīs,
nōn metus ….”
“If the Fates protect this man, if he breathes in the upper air, and neither still has he fallen among the cruel shades, [have] no fear ….”
(Ilioneus, speaking of Aeneas, assures Queen Dido regarding the Trojan presence in Carthage.)

29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 1.546–548

to protect, save, keep, guard, safeguard, watch over

to give heed to, pay attention to; watch, observe any thing

Hinc enim illa et apud Graecōs exempla, Miltiadem, victōrem domitōremque Persārum, nōndum sānātīs volneribus iīs, quae corpore adversō in clārissima victōriā accēpisset, vītam ex hostium tēlīs servātam in cīvium vinclīs prōfūdisse, et Themistoclem patriā, quam līberāvisset, pulsum atque prōterritum non in Graeciae portūs per sē servātōs, sed in barbariae sinūs cōnfūgisse, quam adflīxerat.

54 BCE – 51 BCE, Cicero, De re publica 1.3.5

Hence these examples among the Greeks as well: Miltiades, victor and conqueror of the Persians, to have spilt his life, preserved from enemies’ weapons, in the chains of his citizens, with the wounds received on the front of his body in the course of the most glorious victory not yet healed; and Themistocles, banished and driven away from the country he had freed, to have fled not to the harbours of Greece, saved by himself, but to the gulfs of a foreign country, which he had oppressed.

Super omnia Capitōlium summamque rem in eō sōlus ā Gallīs servāverat, sī nōn regnō suō servasset.

c. 77 CE – 79 CE, Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 7.29.103

Above all [Lucius Siccius Dentatus] had singlehandedly saved the Capitol and the state treasure therein from the Gauls—had he only not saved it for his own reign.

+obj

(Classical Latin) ex (+ ablative) (Late Latin) ab (+ ablative) ‘from’

to save, to deliver, rescue [with (Classical Latin) ex (+ ablative) or (Late Latin) ab (+ ablative) ‘from’]

Dūrāte, et vōsmet rēbus servāte secundīs.

Endure, and preserve yourselves for favourable things.

la-verb

servō (present infinitive servāre, perfect active servāvī, supine servātum); first conjugation

servō (canonical)
servāre (infinitive present)
servāvī (active perfect)
servātum (supine)
servō (active first-person indicative present singular)
servās (active indicative present second-person singular)
servat (active indicative present singular third-person)
servāmus (active first-person indicative plural present)
servātis (active indicative plural present second-person)
servant (active indicative plural present third-person)
servābam (active first-person imperfect indicative singular)
servābās (active imperfect indicative second-person singular)
servābat (active imperfect indicative singular third-person)
servābāmus (active first-person imperfect indicative plural)
servābātis (active imperfect indicative plural second-person)
servābant (active imperfect indicative plural third-person)
servābō (active first-person future indicative singular)
servābis (active future indicative second-person singular)
servābit (active future indicative singular third-person)
servābimus (active first-person future indicative plural)
servābitis (active future indicative plural second-person)
servābunt (active future indicative plural third-person)
servāvī (active first-person indicative perfect singular)
servāvistī (active indicative perfect second-person singular)
servāstī (active indicative perfect second-person singular)
servāvit (active indicative perfect singular third-person)
servāt (active indicative perfect singular third-person)
servāvimus (active first-person indicative perfect plural)
servāmus (active first-person indicative perfect plural)
servāvistis (active indicative perfect plural second-person)
servāstis (active indicative perfect plural second-person)
servāvērunt (active indicative perfect plural third-person)
servāvēre (active indicative perfect plural third-person)
servārunt (active indicative perfect plural third-person)
servāveram (active first-person indicative pluperfect singular)
servāram (active first-person indicative pluperfect singular)
servāverās (active indicative pluperfect second-person singular)
servārās (active indicative pluperfect second-person singular)
servāverat (active indicative pluperfect singular third-person)
servārat (active indicative pluperfect singular third-person)
servāverāmus (active first-person indicative pluperfect plural)
servārāmus (active first-person indicative pluperfect plural)
servāverātis (active indicative pluperfect plural second-person)
servārātis (active indicative pluperfect plural second-person)
servāverant (active indicative pluperfect plural third-person)
servārant (active indicative pluperfect plural third-person)
servāverō (active first-person future indicative perfect singular)
servārō (active first-person future indicative perfect singular)
servāveris (active future indicative perfect second-person singular)
servāris (active future indicative perfect second-person singular)
servāverit (active future indicative perfect singular third-person)
servārit (active future indicative perfect singular third-person)
servāverimus (active first-person future indicative perfect plural)
servārimus (active first-person future indicative perfect plural)
servāveritis (active future indicative perfect plural second-person)
servāritis (active future indicative perfect plural second-person)
servāverint (active future indicative perfect plural third-person)
servārint (active future indicative perfect plural third-person)
servāssō (active first-person future sigmatic singular)
servāssis (active future second-person sigmatic singular)
servāssit (active future sigmatic singular third-person)
servāssimus (active first-person future plural sigmatic)
servāssitis (active future plural second-person sigmatic)
servāssint (active future plural sigmatic third-person)
servor (first-person indicative passive present singular)
servāris (indicative passive present second-person singular)
servāre (indicative passive present second-person singular)
servātur (indicative passive present singular third-person)
servāmur (first-person indicative passive plural present)
servāminī (indicative passive plural present second-person)
servantur (indicative passive plural present third-person)
servābar (first-person imperfect indicative passive singular)
servābāris (imperfect indicative passive second-person singular)
servābāre (imperfect indicative passive second-person singular)
servābātur (imperfect indicative passive singular third-person)
servābāmur (first-person imperfect indicative passive plural)
servābāminī (imperfect indicative passive plural second-person)
servābantur (imperfect indicative passive plural third-person)
servābor (first-person future indicative passive singular)
servāberis (future indicative passive second-person singular)
servābere (future indicative passive second-person singular)
servābitur (future indicative passive singular third-person)
servābimur (first-person future indicative passive plural)
servābiminī (future indicative passive plural second-person)
servābuntur (future indicative passive plural third-person)
servem (active first-person present singular subjunctive)
servēs (active present second-person singular subjunctive)
servet (active present singular subjunctive third-person)
servēmus (active first-person plural present subjunctive)
servētis (active plural present second-person subjunctive)
servent (active plural present subjunctive third-person)
servārem (active first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
servārēs (active imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
servāret (active imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
servārēmus (active first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
servārētis (active imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
servārent (active imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
servāverim (active first-person perfect singular subjunctive)
servārim (active first-person perfect singular subjunctive)
servāverīs (active perfect second-person singular subjunctive)
servārīs (active perfect second-person singular subjunctive)
servāverit (active perfect singular subjunctive third-person)
servārit (active perfect singular subjunctive third-person)
servāverīmus (active first-person perfect plural subjunctive)
servārīmus (active first-person perfect plural subjunctive)
servāverītis (active perfect plural second-person subjunctive)
servārītis (active perfect plural second-person subjunctive)
servāverint (active perfect plural subjunctive third-person)
servārint (active perfect plural subjunctive third-person)
servāvissem (active first-person pluperfect singular subjunctive)
servāssem (active first-person pluperfect singular subjunctive)
servāvissēs (active pluperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
servāssēs (active pluperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
servāvisset (active pluperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
servāsset (active pluperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
servāvissēmus (active first-person pluperfect plural subjunctive)
servāssēmus (active first-person pluperfect plural subjunctive)
servāvissētis (active pluperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
servāssētis (active pluperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
servāvissent (active pluperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
servāssent (active pluperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
servāssim (active aorist first-person sigmatic singular)
servāssīs (active aorist second-person sigmatic singular)
servāssīt (active aorist sigmatic singular third-person)
servāssīmus (active aorist first-person plural sigmatic)
servāssītis (active aorist plural second-person sigmatic)
servāssint (active aorist plural sigmatic third-person)
server (first-person passive present singular subjunctive)
servēris (passive present second-person singular subjunctive)
servēre (passive present second-person singular subjunctive)
servētur (passive present singular subjunctive third-person)
servēmur (first-person passive plural present subjunctive)
servēminī (passive plural present second-person subjunctive)
serventur (passive plural present subjunctive third-person)
servārer (first-person imperfect passive singular subjunctive)
servārēris (imperfect passive second-person singular subjunctive)
servārēre (imperfect passive second-person singular subjunctive)
servārētur (imperfect passive singular subjunctive third-person)
servārēmur (first-person imperfect passive plural subjunctive)
servārēminī (imperfect passive plural second-person subjunctive)
servārentur (imperfect passive plural subjunctive third-person)
servā (active imperative present second-person singular)
servāte (active imperative plural present second-person)
servātō (active future imperative second-person singular)
servātō (active future imperative singular third-person)
servātōte (active future imperative plural second-person)
servantō (active future imperative plural third-person)
servāre (imperative passive present second-person singular)
servāminī (imperative passive plural present second-person)
servātor (future imperative passive second-person singular)
servātor (future imperative passive singular third-person)
servantor (future imperative passive plural third-person)
servāre (active infinitive present)
servāvisse (active infinitive perfect)
servāsse (active infinitive perfect)
servātūrum esse (active future infinitive)
servārī (infinitive passive present)
servātum esse (infinitive passive perfect)
servātum īrī (future infinitive passive)
servāns (active participle present)
servātūrus (active future participle)
servātus (participle passive perfect)
servandus (future participle passive)
servandī (genitive gerund noun-from-verb)
servandō (dative gerund noun-from-verb)
servandum (accusative gerund noun-from-verb)
servandō (ablative gerund noun-from-verb)
servātum (accusative noun-from-verb supine)
servātū (ablative noun-from-verb supine)

Aromanian: sãrbedz, sãrbari

Italian: servare, serbare

Occitan: servar

Romanian: serba, serbare

Sicilian: sarbari

From Proto-Italic *serwāō, from Proto-Indo-European *ser- (“to watch over, protect”). Possible cognates in Ancient Greek Ἥρα (Hḗra), ἥρως (hḗrōs).