"servus" meaning in Latin

See servus in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: [ˈsɛr.wʊs] [Classical-Latin], [ˈsɛr.vus] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: From Old Latin servos, from Proto-Italic *serwos (“guardian”), from Proto-Indo-European *ser-wo-s (“guardian”), possibly from *ser- (“watch over, protect”). Cognate with servō, Avestan 𐬵𐬀𐬭𐬀𐬌𐬙𐬌 (haraⁱti, “he heeds, protects”). By surface analysis, Proto-Indo-European *ser- + -vus. Etymology templates: {{etymon|la|:inh|itc-pro:*serwos<id:guardian>|id=slave}}, {{der|la|itc-ola|servos}} Old Latin servos, {{inh|la|itc-pro|*serwos||guardian}} Proto-Italic *serwos (“guardian”), {{inh|la|ine-pro|*ser-wo-s||guardian}} Proto-Indo-European *ser-wo-s (“guardian”), {{cog|ae|𐬵𐬀𐬭𐬀𐬌𐬙𐬌|t=he heeds, protects}} Avestan 𐬵𐬀𐬭𐬀𐬌𐬙𐬌 (haraⁱti, “he heeds, protects”), {{der|la|ine-pro|*ser-}} Proto-Indo-European *ser-, {{surf|la|Proto-Indo-European <i class="Latn mention" lang="ine-pro">*ser-</i>|-vus}} By surface analysis, Proto-Indo-European *ser- + -vus Head templates: {{la-adj|servus}} servus (feminine serva, neuter servum); first/second-declension adjective Inflection templates: {{la-adecl|servus}} Forms: serva [feminine], servum [neuter], no-table-tags [table-tags], servus [masculine, nominative, singular], serva [feminine, nominative, singular], servum [neuter, nominative, singular], servī [masculine, nominative, plural], servae [feminine, nominative, plural], serva [neuter, nominative, plural], servī [genitive, masculine, singular], servae [feminine, genitive, singular], servī [genitive, neuter, singular], servōrum [genitive, masculine, plural], servārum [feminine, genitive, plural], servōrum [genitive, neuter, plural], servō [dative, masculine, singular], servae [dative, feminine, singular], servō [dative, neuter, singular], servīs [dative, feminine, masculine, neuter, plural], servum [accusative, masculine, singular], servam [accusative, feminine, singular], servum [accusative, neuter, singular], servōs [accusative, masculine, plural], servās [accusative, feminine, plural], serva [accusative, neuter, plural], servō [ablative, masculine, singular], servā [ablative, feminine, singular], servō [ablative, neuter, singular], servīs [ablative, feminine, masculine, neuter, plural], serve [masculine, singular, vocative], serva [feminine, singular, vocative], servum [neuter, singular, vocative], servī [masculine, plural, vocative], servae [feminine, plural, vocative], serva [neuter, plural, vocative], servos [alternative, archaic]
  1. slavish, servile (to the senses or to authority) Tags: adjective, declension-1, declension-2
    Sense id: en-servus-la-adj-sipP80ri Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header, Latin masculine nouns in the second declension, Latin terms suffixed with -vus, Male people Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 18 30 5 9 36 Disambiguation of Latin masculine nouns in the second declension: 17 17 19 21 26 Disambiguation of Latin terms suffixed with -vus: 22 32 8 8 31 Disambiguation of Male people: 21 22 19 19 19
  2. (of lands, buildings) subject or liable to servitude Tags: adjective, declension-1, declension-2
    Sense id: en-servus-la-adj-ly~rJaCh Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header, Latin masculine nouns in the second declension, Latin terms suffixed with -vus, Male people Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 18 30 5 9 36 Disambiguation of Latin masculine nouns in the second declension: 17 17 19 21 26 Disambiguation of Latin terms suffixed with -vus: 22 32 8 8 31 Disambiguation of Male people: 21 22 19 19 19

Noun

IPA: [ˈsɛr.wʊs] [Classical-Latin], [ˈsɛr.vus] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: From Old Latin servos, from Proto-Italic *serwos (“guardian”), from Proto-Indo-European *ser-wo-s (“guardian”), possibly from *ser- (“watch over, protect”). Cognate with servō, Avestan 𐬵𐬀𐬭𐬀𐬌𐬙𐬌 (haraⁱti, “he heeds, protects”). By surface analysis, Proto-Indo-European *ser- + -vus. Etymology templates: {{etymon|la|:inh|itc-pro:*serwos<id:guardian>|id=slave}}, {{der|la|itc-ola|servos}} Old Latin servos, {{inh|la|itc-pro|*serwos||guardian}} Proto-Italic *serwos (“guardian”), {{inh|la|ine-pro|*ser-wo-s||guardian}} Proto-Indo-European *ser-wo-s (“guardian”), {{cog|ae|𐬵𐬀𐬭𐬀𐬌𐬙𐬌|t=he heeds, protects}} Avestan 𐬵𐬀𐬭𐬀𐬌𐬙𐬌 (haraⁱti, “he heeds, protects”), {{der|la|ine-pro|*ser-}} Proto-Indo-European *ser-, {{surf|la|Proto-Indo-European <i class="Latn mention" lang="ine-pro">*ser-</i>|-vus}} By surface analysis, Proto-Indo-European *ser- + -vus Head templates: {{la-noun|servus<2>|f=serva}} servus m (genitive servī, feminine serva); second declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|servus<2>}} Forms: servī [genitive], serva [feminine], no-table-tags [table-tags], servus [nominative, singular], servī [nominative, plural], servī [genitive, singular], servōrum [genitive, plural], servō [dative, singular], servīs [dative, plural], servum [accusative, singular], servōs [accusative, plural], servō [ablative, singular], servīs [ablative, plural], serve [singular, vocative], servī [plural, vocative], servos [alternative, archaic]
  1. a slave Tags: declension-2, masculine
    Sense id: en-servus-la-noun-57mz5Xod Categories (other): Latin masculine nouns in the second declension, Male people, People, Slavery Disambiguation of Latin masculine nouns in the second declension: 17 17 19 21 26 Disambiguation of Male people: 21 22 19 19 19 Disambiguation of People: 5 0 89 7 0 Disambiguation of Slavery: 10 27 43 11 8
  2. a serf Tags: declension-2, masculine
    Sense id: en-servus-la-noun-onMl4wEj Categories (other): Latin masculine nouns in the second declension, Male people Disambiguation of Latin masculine nouns in the second declension: 17 17 19 21 26 Disambiguation of Male people: 21 22 19 19 19
  3. a servant Tags: declension-2, masculine
    Sense id: en-servus-la-noun-cTKKjnXJ Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header, Latin masculine nouns in the second declension, Latin terms suffixed with -vus, Male people Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 18 30 5 9 36 Disambiguation of Latin masculine nouns in the second declension: 17 17 19 21 26 Disambiguation of Latin terms suffixed with -vus: 22 32 8 8 31 Disambiguation of Male people: 21 22 19 19 19
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: servīlis, serviō, servitūdō, servitūs, servulus, servus Deī [Ecclesiastical, Latin], servus servōrum Deī [Ecclesiastical, Latin] Related terms: ancula (alt: > ancilla), anculus, sclavus, familiāris

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "servīlis"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "serviō"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "servitūdō"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "servitūs"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "servulus"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "tags": [
        "Ecclesiastical",
        "Latin"
      ],
      "word": "servus Deī"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "tags": [
        "Ecclesiastical",
        "Latin"
      ],
      "word": "servus servōrum Deī"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "lang": "Asturian",
      "lang_code": "ast",
      "word": "siervu"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "lang_code": "ca",
      "word": "serf"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Friulian",
      "lang_code": "fur",
      "word": "sierf"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Italian",
      "lang_code": "it",
      "word": "servo"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "lang_code": "oc",
      "word": "sèrve"
    },
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "descendants": [
            {
              "lang": "French",
              "lang_code": "fr",
              "word": "serf"
            }
          ],
          "lang": "Middle French",
          "lang_code": "frm",
          "word": "serf"
        },
        {
          "lang": "English",
          "lang_code": "en",
          "raw_tags": [
            "borrowed"
          ],
          "word": "serf"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Old French",
      "lang_code": "fro",
      "word": "serf"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "lang_code": "pt",
      "word": "servo"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "lang_code": "ro",
      "word": "șerb"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "lang_code": "ro",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "serv"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Sicilian",
      "lang_code": "scn",
      "word": "serbu"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "lang_code": "es",
      "word": "siervo"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": ":inh",
        "3": "itc-pro:*serwos<id:guardian>",
        "id": "slave"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "etymon"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "itc-ola",
        "3": "servos"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Latin servos",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "itc-pro",
        "3": "*serwos",
        "4": "",
        "5": "guardian"
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      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*ser-wo-s",
        "4": "",
        "5": "guardian"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *ser-wo-s (“guardian”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ae",
        "2": "𐬵𐬀𐬭𐬀𐬌𐬙𐬌",
        "t": "he heeds, protects"
      },
      "expansion": "Avestan 𐬵𐬀𐬭𐬀𐬌𐬙𐬌 (haraⁱti, “he heeds, protects”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*ser-"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *ser-",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "Proto-Indo-European <i class=\"Latn mention\" lang=\"ine-pro\">*ser-</i>",
        "3": "-vus"
      },
      "expansion": "By surface analysis, Proto-Indo-European *ser- + -vus",
      "name": "surf"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old Latin servos, from Proto-Italic *serwos (“guardian”), from Proto-Indo-European *ser-wo-s (“guardian”), possibly from *ser- (“watch over, protect”). Cognate with servō, Avestan 𐬵𐬀𐬭𐬀𐬌𐬙𐬌 (haraⁱti, “he heeds, protects”). By surface analysis, Proto-Indo-European *ser- + -vus.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "servī",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "serva",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "la-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "servus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "servī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "servī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "servōrum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "servō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "servīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "servum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "servōs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "servō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "servīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "serve",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "servī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "servos",
      "tags": [
        "alternative",
        "archaic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "servus<2>",
        "f": "serva"
      },
      "expansion": "servus m (genitive servī, feminine serva); second declension",
      "name": "la-noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenations": [
    {
      "parts": [
        "ser",
        "vus"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "servus<2>"
      },
      "name": "la-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "alt": "> ancilla",
      "word": "ancula"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "anculus"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "sclavus"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "familiāris"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "17 17 19 21 26",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin masculine nouns in the second declension",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "21 22 19 19 19",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "la",
          "name": "Male people",
          "orig": "la:Male people",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "5 0 89 7 0",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "la",
          "name": "People",
          "orig": "la:People",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "10 27 43 11 8",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "la",
          "name": "Slavery",
          "orig": "la:Slavery",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Father! What do you mean, when he’s a slave?",
          "ref": "Captivi (\"the captives\") by Plautus (English and Latin text)",
          "text": "Quem patrem, qui servos est?",
          "translation": "Father! What do you mean, when he’s a slave?"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a slave"
      ],
      "id": "en-servus-la-noun-57mz5Xod",
      "links": [
        [
          "slave",
          "slave"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-2",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "17 17 19 21 26",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin masculine nouns in the second declension",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "21 22 19 19 19",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "la",
          "name": "Male people",
          "orig": "la:Male people",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a serf"
      ],
      "id": "en-servus-la-noun-onMl4wEj",
      "links": [
        [
          "serf",
          "serf"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-2",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "18 30 5 9 36",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "17 17 19 21 26",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin masculine nouns in the second declension",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "22 32 8 8 31",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin terms suffixed with -vus",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "21 22 19 19 19",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "la",
          "name": "Male people",
          "orig": "la:Male people",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a servant"
      ],
      "id": "en-servus-la-noun-cTKKjnXJ",
      "links": [
        [
          "servant",
          "servant"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-2",
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈsɛr.wʊs]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈsɛr.vus]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "servus"
}

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": ":inh",
        "3": "itc-pro:*serwos<id:guardian>",
        "id": "slave"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "etymon"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "itc-ola",
        "3": "servos"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Latin servos",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "itc-pro",
        "3": "*serwos",
        "4": "",
        "5": "guardian"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Italic *serwos (“guardian”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*ser-wo-s",
        "4": "",
        "5": "guardian"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *ser-wo-s (“guardian”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ae",
        "2": "𐬵𐬀𐬭𐬀𐬌𐬙𐬌",
        "t": "he heeds, protects"
      },
      "expansion": "Avestan 𐬵𐬀𐬭𐬀𐬌𐬙𐬌 (haraⁱti, “he heeds, protects”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*ser-"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *ser-",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "Proto-Indo-European <i class=\"Latn mention\" lang=\"ine-pro\">*ser-</i>",
        "3": "-vus"
      },
      "expansion": "By surface analysis, Proto-Indo-European *ser- + -vus",
      "name": "surf"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old Latin servos, from Proto-Italic *serwos (“guardian”), from Proto-Indo-European *ser-wo-s (“guardian”), possibly from *ser- (“watch over, protect”). Cognate with servō, Avestan 𐬵𐬀𐬭𐬀𐬌𐬙𐬌 (haraⁱti, “he heeds, protects”). By surface analysis, Proto-Indo-European *ser- + -vus.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "serva",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "servum",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "la-adecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "servus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "serva",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "servum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "servī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "servae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "serva",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "servī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "servae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "servī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "servī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "servōrum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "servārum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "servōrum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "servō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "servae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "servō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "servīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "servum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "servam",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "servum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "servōs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "servās",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "serva",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "servō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "servā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "servō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "servīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "serve",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "serva",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "servum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "servī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "servae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "serva",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "servos",
      "tags": [
        "alternative",
        "archaic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "servus"
      },
      "expansion": "servus (feminine serva, neuter servum); first/second-declension adjective",
      "name": "la-adj"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenations": [
    {
      "parts": [
        "ser",
        "vus"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "servus"
      },
      "name": "la-adecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "slavish, servile (to the senses or to authority)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "slavish",
          "slavish"
        ],
        [
          "servile",
          "servile"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "adjective",
        "declension-1",
        "declension-2"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "subject or liable to servitude"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "subject",
          "subject"
        ],
        [
          "liable",
          "liable"
        ],
        [
          "servitude",
          "servitude"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "buildings",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(of lands, buildings) subject or liable to servitude"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "of lands"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "adjective",
        "declension-1",
        "declension-2"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈsɛr.wʊs]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈsɛr.vus]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "servus"
}

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