servitium

servitium

Latin

Etymology

    From servus + -itia.

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    servitium n (genitive servitiī or servitī); second declension

    1. slavery, servitude
      Synonyms: servitūs, servitūdō
      Antonym: lībertās
    2. slaves (collectively)
    3. service
      • et idem Comes de rege per servitium militare
        • And the same Count of the king for military service

    Declension

    Second-declension noun (neuter).

    singular plural
    nominative servitium servitia
    genitive servitiī
    servitī1
    servitiōrum
    dative servitiō servitiīs
    accusative servitium servitia
    ablative servitiō servitiīs
    vocative servitium servitia

    1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

    Descendants

    References

    • servitium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
    • servitium”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
    • "servitium", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
    • servitium”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
    • servitium”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly