servīlis Copy link Outline I. Lit.II. Trop.a. servīleb. servīlĭter ⓘservīle: neut nom/voc/acc sg • servīlis, e, adj. [servus], 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.
servīlis Copy link ⓘservīle: neut nom/voc/acc sg • servīlis, e (servus), d'esclave, qui appartient aux esclaves : in servilem modum Cæs. G. 6, 19, 3, comme à l'égard d'un esclave ; servili tumultu Cæs. G. 1, 40, 5, lors du soulèvement des esclaves ; bellum servile Cic. Pomp. 28, la guerre des esclaves ; servilis vestis Cic. Pis. 92, vêtement d'esclave ; servile jugum Cic. Phil. 1, 6, le joug de la servitude ; munus servile Cic. Sulla 55, fonction d'esclave || servilia fingere Tac. Ann. 16, 2, imaginer des flatteries serviles ; servile gemens Claud. Gild. 364, poussant des gémissements d'esclave.
servile Copy link Outline I. Pertaining to a slaveII. Abject, mean, cringing, fawning1. abjectus (mean-spirited)2. hŭmĭlis (low, grovelling)3. servīlis (rare in this sense)4. vernīlis (also rare)5. servus (v. rare in this sense) • servile: I. Pertaining to a slave: servīlis, e: a s. dress, s. vestis, Cic. Pis. 38, 92: a s. yoke, jugum s., id. Phil. 1, 2, 6: the s. war (war with slaves), s. tumultus, Caes. B. G. 1, 40, ad init.: a s. band (band of slaves), s. manus, Hor. Epod. 4, 4, 19. II. Abject, mean, cringing, fawning: 1. abjectus (mean-spirited): nothing s., nothing mean, nihil a., nihil humile, Cic. Fin. 5, 20, 57: a s. mind, animus a., id. Am. 16, 59: cf. Quint. 11, 1, 13. 2. hŭmĭlis (low, grovelling): what public servant was ever so s., so mean? quis umquam apparitor tam h., tam abjectus? Cic. Phil. 2, 32, 82: a most s. flatterer, humillimus assentator, Vell. 2, 83, init. 3. servīlis (rare in this sense): to invent s. stories, servilia fingere, Tac. A. 16, 2, fin. 4. vernīlis (also rare): to conceal hatred with s. flatteries, odium v. blanditiis velare, Tac. H. 2, 59, med. 5. servus (v. rare in this sense): s. herd of imitators, imitatores servum pecus, Hor. Ep. 1, 19, 19.
SERVILE Copy link • SERVILEPROP., servllis. Figuratively, humilis, illiberalis, abjectus (e.g., animus): servile, imitators, servum pecus imitatorum (Hor., Ep., 1, 19, 19): servile imitation, servilis imitatio (Ruhnken).