"servus" meaning in Latin

See servus in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: servī [plural, nominative], serve [singular, vocative], servī [plural, vocative], servum [singular, accusative], servōs [plural, accusative], servī [singular, genitive], servōrum [plural, genitive], servō [singular, dative], servīs [plural, dative], servō [singular, ablative], servīs [plural, ablative], serva [feminine]
  1. Esclave.
    Sense id: fr-servus-la-noun-mapEKeCt Categories (other): Exemples en latin
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (other): Déverbaux en latin, Lemmes en latin, Lexique en latin de l’esclavagisme, Noms communs de la deuxième déclinaison en latin, Noms communs en latin, Wiktionnaire:Prononciations manquantes en latin, Latin Derived forms: conservitium, conservus, conserva, conservulus, conservula, servio, adservio, asservio, deservio, inservio, praeservio, praeserviens, subservio, servicŭlus, servientĭa, servilis, servilĭtĕr, servitĭum, conservitĭum, servitŏr, servitricĭus, servitūdo, servitūs, servilicola, servolicola, servulicola, servulūs, serf, siervo, serf, servo

Inflected forms

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      "translation": "esclavage commun",
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    {
      "word": "conservus"
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    {
      "translation": "compagnon, compagne d'esclavage",
      "word": "conserva"
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    {
      "word": "conservulus"
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    {
      "translation": "petit compagnon d'esclavage",
      "word": "conservula"
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    {
      "translation": "être esclave, servir en esclave",
      "word": "servio"
    },
    {
      "word": "adservio"
    },
    {
      "translation": "aider, s'asservir",
      "word": "asservio"
    },
    {
      "translation": "servir avec dévouement",
      "word": "deservio"
    },
    {
      "translation": "être au service de",
      "word": "inservio"
    },
    {
      "translation": "servir",
      "word": "praeservio"
    },
    {
      "translation": "assujetti à",
      "word": "praeserviens"
    },
    {
      "translation": "être aux ordres de",
      "word": "subservio"
    },
    {
      "translation": "esclave du dernier degré",
      "word": "servicŭlus"
    },
    {
      "translation": "servitude",
      "word": "servientĭa"
    },
    {
      "translation": "d'esclave,servile",
      "word": "servilis"
    },
    {
      "translation": "servilement - comme on traite les esclaves",
      "word": "servilĭtĕr"
    },
    {
      "translation": "condition d'esclave, esclavage",
      "word": "servitĭum"
    },
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      "translation": "esclavage commun",
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    },
    {
      "translation": "serviteur",
      "word": "servitŏr"
    },
    {
      "translation": "relatif aux esclaves, d'esclave",
      "word": "servitricĭus"
    },
    {
      "translation": "servitude",
      "word": "servitūdo"
    },
    {
      "translation": "servitude",
      "word": "servitūs"
    },
    {
      "word": "servilicola"
    },
    {
      "word": "servolicola"
    },
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      "translation": "qui fréquente les esclaves de bas étage",
      "word": "servulicola"
    },
    {
      "translation": "petit ou jeune esclave",
      "word": "servulūs"
    },
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      "lang": "Anglais",
      "lang_code": "en",
      "word": "serf"
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      "lang": "Espagnol",
      "lang_code": "es",
      "word": "siervo"
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      "form": "servum",
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      "form": "servōs",
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      "form": "servī",
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          "ref": "Cicéron, Verr. 1. 58",
          "text": "cupiditatum servus",
          "translation": "esclave des passions"
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          "ref": "Phèdre",
          "text": "Minus est quam servus dominus, qui servos timet",
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      "translation": "petit compagnon d'esclavage",
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      "translation": "être esclave, servir en esclave",
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      "translation": "aider, s'asservir",
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      "translation": "servir",
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      "translation": "être aux ordres de",
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      "translation": "esclave du dernier degré",
      "word": "servicŭlus"
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    {
      "translation": "servitude",
      "word": "servientĭa"
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      "translation": "d'esclave,servile",
      "word": "servilis"
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    {
      "translation": "servilement - comme on traite les esclaves",
      "word": "servilĭtĕr"
    },
    {
      "translation": "condition d'esclave, esclavage",
      "word": "servitĭum"
    },
    {
      "translation": "esclavage commun",
      "word": "conservitĭum"
    },
    {
      "translation": "serviteur",
      "word": "servitŏr"
    },
    {
      "translation": "relatif aux esclaves, d'esclave",
      "word": "servitricĭus"
    },
    {
      "translation": "servitude",
      "word": "servitūdo"
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    {
      "translation": "servitude",
      "word": "servitūs"
    },
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      "word": "servilicola"
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      "word": "servolicola"
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      "translation": "petit ou jeune esclave",
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      "word": "serf"
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      "word": "siervo"
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      "word": "serf"
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      "word": "servo"
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      "form": "servōs",
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    {
      "form": "servō",
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      "form": "servō",
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  ],
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          "ref": "Cicéron, Verr. 1. 58",
          "text": "cupiditatum servus",
          "translation": "esclave des passions"
        },
        {
          "ref": "Phèdre",
          "text": "Minus est quam servus dominus, qui servos timet",
          "translation": "un maître qui craint ses esclaves est moins qu'un esclave"
        },
        {
          "ref": "Phèdre",
          "text": "Si pares invitus, servus es; minister, si volens",
          "translation": "Si tu obéis malgré toi, tu es un esclave; si tu obéis de bonne volonté, tu es un serviteur"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Esclave."
      ]
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