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servum

servum is a Latin form of servus, meaning “slave”. It is the accusative singular masculine noun.

Found 189 times in the Latin texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Cicero, Pro S. Roscio Amerino 22: … mvis ille felix sit, sicut est, tamen in tanta felicitate nemo potest esse in magna familia qui neminem neque servum neque libertum improbum habeat.

Sallust, Bellum Iugurthinum 45: … coctum venderet, ne lixae exercitum insequerentur, ne miles hastatus aut gregarius in castris neue in agmine seruum aut iumentum haberet; ceteris arte modum statuisse. Praeterea transuersis itineribus cottidie castra movere, …

Seneca the Younger, De Beneficiis 3.28.4: Quid superbia in tantam vanitatem attollimur, ut beneficia a servis indignemur accipere et sortem eorum spectemus obliti meritorum ? Servum tu quemquam vocas, libidinis et gulae servus et adulterae, immo adulterarum commune mancipium ?

All forms of servus (declension table)

Source: Socratos (socratos.org), a free reader for Ancient Greek and Latin. Grammar from the Perseus Treebank and Morpheus; dictionary entries from Lewis & Short, A Latin Dictionary (Perseus Digital Library, CC BY-SA). Counts are from the texts on Socratos.