service Copy link Outline I. Labour performed by the body or mind in the s. of another1. mĭnistĕrium (on the part of an inferior)2. ŏpĕra (help rendered, whether by an inferior or an equal)II. Place of a servant in such phrases as, he is in s.III. Attendance of a servantIV. Military or naval duty1. mīlĭtia2. offĭcium (a department of s. or office3. stīpendia, ōrum (lit. pay; hence, meton. campaigns, continued military s.4. belli mĭnistĕrium (rare)V. Advantage conferred; benefit; use1. offĭcium2. ŏpĕraVI. A musical church compositionVII. Vessels used at table, as a s. of silver plate1. synthĕsis2. mĭnistĕriumVIII. In law, the deliverance of a writ • service: I. Labour performed by the body or mind in the s. of another: 1. mĭnistĕrium (on the part of an inferior): the eagle puts back the cap upon his head as if sent to do s., aquila velut ministerio missa capiti pileum reponit, Liv. 1, 34, ad fin.: a favour is that which a stranger may give; duty is the part of a son or a wife; s. is the duty of a slave, beneficium esse, quod alienus det; officium esse, filii, uxoris; m. esse servi, Sen. Ben. 3, 18, init. 2. ŏpĕra (help rendered, whether by an inferior or an equal): that iron will do good s., ferrum istud bonas edet operas, Sen. Prov. 2, ad fin.: P. Terentius who gives his s. as a custom-house officer, P. Terentius qui operas in portu dat, Cic. Fam. 13, 65, init.: I place my s.s at your disposal, hanc o. tibi dico, Ter. Ph. 1, 2, 12. Phr.: I am quite at your s., ad omnia quae velis praesto adero, Cic. Fam. 4, 8, init.: I can dispense with your s.s, utilitatibus tuis possum carere, id. Fam. 16, 3, fin.: the man did me excellent s., homo mirabiles utilitates mihi praebebat, id. Att. 7, 5, init. II. Place of a servant in such phrases as, he is in s.: no exact equiv.: expr. to be in s., by servio, 4 (with dat.): my brother was in the s. of a nobleman, *frater meus viro nobili genere nato serviebat: v. servant. III. Attendance of a servant: mĭnistĕrium: supr. (I., 1, ex.). IV. Military or naval duty: the period of such duty: 1. mīlĭtia: to escape military s. by pretending to be mad, simulatione insaniae m. subterfugere, Cic. Off. 3, 26, 97: to be exempted from military s., militiae vacationem habere, Caes. B. G. 6, 14, init.: to release any one from military s., aliquem militia solvere, Tac. A. 1, 44: to offer to enter on military s. as a volunteer, voluntariam m. [extra ordinem] profiteri, Liv. 5, 7, fin.; sponte m. sumere, Tac. A. 4, 4: to complete one's term of s., m. emerere, Suet. Cal. 44, med. 2. offĭcium (a department of s. or office: whereas militia denotes active duty): M. Bibulus was put at the head of the whole naval s., M. Bibulus toti officio maritimo praepositus est, Caes. B. C. 3, 5, fin.: Pompey's lieutenants are dividing the s. among themselves, legati Pompeii officia inter se partiuntur, ib. 1, 38, init. 3. stīpendia, ōrum (lit. pay; hence, meton. campaigns, continued military s.: rarely in sing. in this sense): he dismissed that portion of the army which had already been exhausted with military s., partem militum, qui jam stipendiis confecti erant, dimisit, Cic. Man. 9, 26: so stipendiis exhausti, Liv. 27, 9, init.: sing.: a man who has seen no s., homo nullius stipendii, Sall. J. 85, ad init.: that man has seen much s. in India, ille vir in Indis multa stipendia habuit, cf. Liv. 31, 8, med. 4. belli mĭnistĕrium (rare): the young Piso, by no means slothful in military s. haud ignavus ad ministeria belli juvenis Piso, Tac. A. 2, 78, fin.: cf. Vell. 2, 38, fin. (Catonis ministerio). Phr.: a man capable of military s. (in respect of age), homo aetate militari, Tac. A. 2, 60, med.: and Liv. 22, 11, fin.: (in respect of strength), homo qui munus militiae sustinere potest, Caes. B. G. 6, 18, fin.: qui arma ferre potest, Liv. 1, 44, init.: to call out all who are capable of s., omnem militarem aetatem excire, Liv. 7, 7, med.: to leave the s., militia abire s. non amplius stipendia mereri (Kr.). V. Advantage conferred; benefit; use: 1. offĭcium: the other opinion is that which defines friendship to be of equal s.s and similar inclinations, altera sententia est, quae definit amicitiam paribus o. ac voluntatibus, Cic. Am. 16, 58: a man ready to do any one a s., summo officio praeditus homo, id. Verr. 2, 1, 51, 135. 2. ŏpĕra: he had had the benefit of his distinguished s.s in all the wars, in omnibus bellis singulari ejus opera fuerat usus, Caes. B. G. 5, 25, fin.: to render s.s to the muses, musis operas reddere, Cic. Fam. 16, 10, fin.: v. to serve (III.). Phr.: this will not be of any s. to you, hoc tibi nihil proderit, id. Fam. 2, 17, fin.: to be of no s. to one's friends, abesse amicis, id. Sull. 5, 14: to be of s. to one's friends, amicis adesse, id. Fam. 6, 14, fin. VI. A musical church composition: perh. *cantus. VII. Vessels used at table, as a s. of silver plate: 1. synthĕsis: cf. Mart. 4, 46, 15 (septenaria synthesis Sagunti): cf. Stat. S. 4, 9, 44. 2. mĭnistĕrium: cf. Lampr. Alex. Sev. 34 (ducentarum librarum pondus argenti ministerium). VIII. In law, the deliverance of a writ: perh. vŏcātio: v. to serve (VIII.).