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servus , a, um, adj. referred by the ancients to servo: “servi ex eo appellati sunt, quod imperatores servos vendere, ac per hoc servare, nec occidere solent,Just. Inst. 1, 3, 3; but prob. from root svar-; Lith. svaras, a weight; cf. Gr. ἕρμα; O. H. Germ. swari, burdensome; Germ. schwer, heavy; cf. also serius,
I.slavish, servile, subject.
I. In gen.
B. With other subjects (not freq. till after the Aug. per.): “octo milia liberorum servorumque capitum sunt capta,Liv. 29, 29: “corpori, quod servum fortuna erat, vim fecit,id. 38, 24: “Graeciae urbes servae et vectigales (opp. liberae),id. 34, 58: “civitas,id. 25, 31: “Lacedaemon,id. 34, 41: “serva manus,Ov. F. 6, 558: “o imitatores, servum pecus!Hor. Ep. 1, 19, 19: “serva aqua, i. e. servorum,Ov. Am. 1, 6, 26; cf. Petr. 71: “servam operam, linguam liberam herus me jussit habere,Plaut. Pers. 2, 4, 9: “omnia non serva et maxime regna hostilia ducunt (Romani),Sall. H. 4, 61, 17 Dietsch: “reges serva omnia et subjecta imperio suo esse velint,Liv. 37, 54; 42, 46: statu libera quicquid peperit, hoc servum heredis est, Dig. 40, 7, 16.—
II. Jurid. t. t., of buildings, lands, etc., liable to certain burdens, subject to a servitude: “libera (praedia) meliore jure sunt quam serva,Cic. Agr. 3, 2, 9: “fundus,Dig. 8, 6, 6: “aedes,ib. 8, 2, 35: “area,ib. 8, 2, 34 al.; cf. servio, II. B., and servitus, II B.—Hence,
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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (14):
    • Cicero, On the Agrarian Law, 3.2.9
    • Plautus, Epidicus, 1.1
    • Plautus, Asinaria, 2.4
    • Plautus, Miles Gloriosus, 2.6
    • Plautus, Persa, 2.4
    • Plautus, Stichus, 1.2
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 25, 31
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 38, 24
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 42, 46
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 29, 29
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 34, 41
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 37, 54
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 34, 58
    • Ovid, Fasti, 6
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