servant Copy link Outline 1. mĭnister; f. mĭnistra (any kind of inferior person or helper)2. admĭnister; f. admĭnistra. the s.s and followers of Sextus Naevius, a. et satellites Sexti Naevii, Cic. Quint. 25, 803. mercēnārius (a hired workman, labourer, or servant)4. fămŭlus5. servus6. translate by verb servio, 4 • servant: 1. mĭnister; f. mĭnistra (any kind of inferior person or helper): a hundred other (slaves) and just as many s.s equal in age, centum aliae (famulae) totidemque pares aetate ministri, Virg. Aen. 1, 705. Of public officers: s.s of your empire (i. e. under officials), ministri imperii tui, Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 3: a s. (i. e. a priest), of Mars, m. Martis, id. Clu. 15, 43. Another form of preced. mĭnistrātor: Sen. Ep. 95. f. mĭnistrātrix: Cic. de Or. 1, 17, 75 (ministratrices oratoris): also, mĭnistrix Gloss. Philox. 2. admĭnister; f. admĭnistra. the s.s and followers of Sextus Naevius, a. et satellites Sexti Naevii, Cic. Quint. 25, 80: cf. id. Rosc. Am. 28, 77 (puer victus quotidiani administer): Camilla, a s. in those things which are more hidden, Camilla adm. in his quae occultiora sunt, Varr. L. L. 7, 3: cf. Cic. Manil. 13, 36. 3. mercēnārius (a hired workman, labourer, or servant): your s., tuus m., Pl. Poen. 2, 55: to use slaves as if they were hired s.s, uti servis ut mercenariis, Cic. Off. 1, 13, 41. 4. fămŭlus: f. fămŭla (strictly, a slave belonging to a household): the s.s give water for the hands, dant famuli lymphas manibus, Virg. Aen. 1, 701: v. slave. 5. servus: f. serva: v. slave. 6. translate by verb servio, 4: I am thy s., tibi servio, Pl. Truc. 1, 2, 25. to be a s. of the people, populo s., Cic. Planc. 4, fin. Comps. deservio, 4: inservio, 4: v. to serve.