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servīlis , e, adj. servus,
I.of or belonging to a slave, slavish, servile (class.).
I. Lit. (syn. famularis): “tumultus,the servile war, insurrection of the slaves, Caes. B. G. 1, 40: “imperium,like that of masters over slaves, Sall. H. 1, 9 Dietsch: “bellum,Flor. 3, 19, 2; Cic. Imp. Pomp. 10, 28: “terror,dread of the slaves, of a servile insurrection, Liv. 3, 16: manus, a band of slaves (with latrones), Hor. Epod. 4, 19: “capita,Liv. 27, 16: “caput,Dig. 4, 5, 3: “de uxoribus in servilem modum quaestionem habent,like slaves, Caes. B. G. 6, 19; cf. Hor. S. 1, 8, 32: “inscriptio (i. e. triumphi de servis),Flor. 3, 19, 8: “operae (i. e. servis dignae),id. 2, 18, 10: “nil servile habet,Hor. S. 2, 7, 111: “servilia fingere,Tac. A. 16, 2: “caedi discentes, deforme atque servile est,Quint. 1, 3, 14; cf. “verbera,Just. 1, 5, 2: “causa,Dig. 4, 5, 3, § 1: “adfinitates,ib. 23, 2, 14, § 3: “cognationes,ib. 23, 2, 14, § 3: “condicio,ib. 48, 20, 1: “necessitas,ib. 3, 8, 19, § 2.—
II. Trop.: “serviles nuptiae (opp. liberales),Plaut. Cas. prol. 68 and 73: “schema,id. Am. prol. 117: “vestis,Cic. Pis, 38, 92: “color,id. ib. 38, 1: “indoles,Liv. 1, 5: “gestus (with humilis),Quint. 11, 3, 83: “vernilitas,id. 1, 11, 2: litterae, i. e. the lower branches of learning (writing, reading, arithmetic, etc.; “opp. liberales, the higher branches),Sen. Tranq. 9: “jugum,Cic. Phil. 1, 2, 6: “munus,id. Sull. 19, 55.—Hence, adv., like a slave, slavishly, servilely. *
a. servīle : “gemens,Claud. B. Gild. 364.—
b. servīlĭter (class. ): “serviliter ficti dominum consalutamus,Petr. 117, 6: “ne quid serviliter muliebriterve faciamus,Cic. Tusc. 2, 23, 55; so Tac. H. 1, 36: “saevire,Flor. 1, 23, 1.—Comp. and sup. of the adj. and adv. do not occur.
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