servula

servula

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *ser-der.?
Proto-Italic *serwos
Latin servus
Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂
Proto-Italic *-ā
Latin -a
Latin serva
Proto-Indo-European *-lós
Proto-Indo-European *-elós
Proto-Italic *-elos
Latin -ula
Latin servula

    From serva (“slave”) + -ula (diminutive suffix).

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    servula f (genitive servulae); first declension

    1. a young servant girl

    Declension

    First-declension noun.

    singular plural
    nominative servula servulae
    genitive servulae servulārum
    dative servulae servulīs
    accusative servulam servulās
    ablative servulā servulīs
    vocative servula servulae

    Synonyms

    References

    • “servula”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
    • “servula”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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