SER 
SER 
SER 
KeRROLX (dimin. of ecrra), re, f. a little 
1 saw, irpiSviov. Cic. 
SkRTA, orum, and SkRTX, ;e, f. See 
Sertum. 
SeRTaTOS (sertum), a, ura,adj. crowned. 
3 Martian. Capell. 
SkRToRIANjS (Sertorius), a, uni, adj. 
called after Sertorius, relating to him. 
Cic. duces. Id. helium. 
SeRTORIOS, ii, in. Quintus Sertorius, a:i 
adherent of Marius, and an excellent gen¬ 
eral, who fled to Spain when Sylla obtained 
the ascendancy, where he fought braoely 
for a long time, till at length he was trea¬ 
cherously slain by Pcrpcrna. 
SERTOLA CAMPANA. See Sertum. 
SeRTUM (se-ro, ui), i, n. usually plur. 
3 Serta, orum, also, Serta, as, f. a gar¬ 
land, festoon. Cic. Sertis redimiri. 
Ovid. Spicea serta (plur.), h. e. a wreath 
of ears of corn. Prop. Sert® in pocula 
demisss- Serta denotes, also, a string 
of fruit. Pallad. Mart. 10,28. Lino, velift 
ferta pertusi. — Cato. Serta Campaniea, 
or simply, Id. Serta, h. e. a kind of herb, 
same as melilotos. It is also calied by 
Plin. Sertula Campana. -H Serta, 
oreppara, garlands of flowers, festoons, 
serve to adorn altars, doors, driuk- 
ing-cups, &c., and were used more 
for sacrifice and decoration of tem¬ 
ples : Corolla, origami, ortpavlasoi, 
wreaths, crowns, serve to crown men 
on solemn occasions, victims, or to be 
sent by a lover to his mistress as the 
language of flowers, &c. This dis¬ 
tinction has been overlooked by the 
moderns. 
SeRTCS, a, urn. See Sera, ui. 
SeRVa (servus), re, f. a female slave, 700 - 
man-servaiU, maid-seroant, handmaid, 
flovXy. Virg. and Liv. 
SeRVaBILIS (servo), e, adj. that may be 
preserved or kept, atvaipog. Plin. nva. 
■-IT Also, that can be saved. Ovid. 
SeRVaCOLUM, i, n.3 See Scrraculum. 
GeRVaPIQ (servo), on is, f. an observing, 
3 observance. Plin. Ep. 
SeRVaTOR (Id.) , oris, in. one that observes 
or takes care of. Lucan. Olympi. Slat. 
nemoris. -If Also, one that observes, 
keeps, fulfils. Claudian. foederis. - 
ir Also, a preserver, deliverer, saver, sa¬ 
vior, a 10 ryp. Cic. reipubliere. Prop. 
mundi. — Hence, a title of Jupiter. 
Plin. 
SeRVATRIX (servator), Icis, f. she that 
o saves or delivers, odortipa. Terent. - 
U Also, she that covers, guards or pro¬ 
tects. Stat. pectoris. — 11 Also, she 
that observes or fulfils. Apul. conve¬ 
nient!®. 
SeRVIa (sero, ui), ®, f. a nosetray or 
wreath. Plin. 
SeRVIaNOS (Servius), a, urn, adj. Sec, 
o man., called after the lawyer Servius Sul- 
^picius. Pandect, actio. 
GeRVICOLOS (dimin. of servus), i, m. a 
•> little slave. Tertull. 
SeRvilIaNDS (Servilius), a, uin, adj. 
~ called after Servilius, Servilian. Sueton. 
seRVILICOLA (servulus & colo), ®, m. 
3 and f. honoring or respecting slaves. 
Plant. Ed. Cam. Servilicolre, sc. mere- 
trices. (But Ed. Oron. reads servolicolpe, 
and Ed. Paubm. scrvuliculai.) 
SeRVILIS (servus), e, adj. of or pertain¬ 
ing to a slave, slavish, servile, SovXikos. 
Cic. jugum. Id. vestis. Cats, tumul- 
tus, A. e. of slaves. Liv. indoles, h. c. a 
senile disposition. Tacit, animus, h. c. 
a servile mind. Liv. terror, h. e. propter 
servos. Cic. percunctatio, h. c. a ques¬ 
tion put by a slave. 
"ERVILITgR (servilis), adv. like a slave, 
servilely, SovXiKiog. Cic. 
^ERVILIOS, ii, m. a name of several Ro¬ 
mans. — Hence, Servilius, a, urn, adj. 
( 2 fc^oilia". Cic. lex. Id. lacus. 
HERVrs (servus), is, ivi and Ii, itum, n. 
’■ to be a slave, serve in the capacity of a 
servant or slave, SovXcvoi. Cic. apud 
aliquem. Terent.. alicui. Also, pieo- 
nastically, with the accusal, servitutem. 
Cic. Servire servitutem. Plant. Piiva- 
servitutem servire alicui. — Also, 
m things, as houses, fields, &c. to be sub¬ 
ject to certain servitudes, or to be subject, to 
any one in some respects. Cic. vEdes 
qu® serviebant Sergio. Id. Prredia, qu® 
wrviebant.-IT Also, figur. to serve for 
any thing, to he serviceable or fit for any 
thing, to be used for any tiling. Plin. Char- 
tis serviunt calami. Id. Candolle lumi- 
ridms et funeribus serviunt. Plin. Ep. 
Ilomus serviet domino non minori. 
-IT Also, to serve, show kindness, do 
a favor, be obliging, please, humor, grati¬ 
fy. Cic. alicui. Id. amori aliomm. 
Gas. auribus aiicujus. Cic. iracundi®. 
— Also, to be at. one’s service. Calp. 
Totus tibi serviet hornus.-11 Also, 
to pay attention to, haiw regard to, take 
care of any thing, bestow pains upon, aim 
at. Cic. brevitati. Id. valetudini. Id. 
glori®. - 11 Also, to conform or ac¬ 
commodate one’s self to. Cic. tempori. 
Id. person®.-11 Plaut. Servibas,/ui- 
^ serviebas. Id. Servibo, for serviam. 
SeRVITULTM (servus), ii, 11 . slavery, servi¬ 
tude, bondage, service, dovXeia. Liv. Du- 
cere aliquem in servitium. Terent. Tibi 
pro servitio debeo, h. e. as your slave. 
Virg. Servitio exire, li. e. liberari. Virg. 
Servitio premere, h. e. to subjugate. — Al¬ 
so, figur. Ovid, amoris.--ifAlso, Ser¬ 
vitia, slaves. Cic. Servitia sileant. Id. 
Servitia concitare. Also, in the singu¬ 
lar, but only collectively, slaves. Cic. 
Servitium in scenarn iinmissuin. Tacit. 
Servitii decern rnillia. 
SERVITRICIUS, a, um. See Servitrix. 
SeRViTRiX (servio), Icis, f. a female ser¬ 
vant. or slave. Plant. Stabulum servi- 
tricium (a term of reproach). — Others 
^ derive it from Servitricius, a, j nn. 
SeRVITuDQ (servus), Inis, f. slavery, 
J servitude. Liv. 
(Id.), utis, f. of men, the con¬ 
dition of a servant or slave. Hence, 
slavery, servitude, service, bondage, tiov- 
Xda. Terent. justa. Cic. Aliquem in 
servitutem abducere. Id. Esse in ser- 
vitute, h. e. to be in slavery, to be a slave. 
Id. Servitutem servire, li. e. to be a slave, 
serve as a slave. Plaut. Servitus alicui, 
h. e. service due to any one. — Also, ser¬ 
vice for hire. Cic. Merces est auctora- 
mentum servitutis. — Also, thraldom or 
servitude of a state when it has a ruler 
toko s riot of its own choice. Cic. — Al¬ 
so, sulrjeclion to ami one whom one recog¬ 
nizes as a master , obedience, as of a wife 
to her husband. Liv. muliebris. Of a 
son to his fattier. Plaut. Hence, figur. 
Cic. officii, h. e. the obligation 10 an ob¬ 
servance of duty, duty to obey. Quintil. 
juris, h. e. obligation to obey the laws. - 
11 Also, of houses, fields, &c. a servi¬ 
tude,, a liability to certain burdens or duties. 
Pandect. pr®diorum. Cic. Fundoservi¬ 
tutem imponere.-IT Also, servants, 
slaves. Hence, figur. Horat. Servitus 
crescit nova, h. e. slaves, lovers of a 
girl. 
SeRVIOS (Id.), ii, m. properly the child of 
a slave. Hence, a Roman pramomen, 
first given to king Servius Tullius ; after¬ 
wards only a pramomen of the gens S 11 I- 
picia. Servius Snlpicius was a great 
lawyer and consul in the time of Cicero. 
C:c. — Another Servius Snlpicius was 
a [met and orator. Ovid. 
SERUM (probably from dpd ?, or oppog), 
1 , 11 . the watery part of coagulated milk, 
10 ,'iey. Virg. and Piin. — Hence, the 
watery part of other things. Plin. Reli- 
11 am decoct ,-1111 minus picis reddere, 
quoniain in serum abeat. 
SeR V 5 ( Cpvro , epvoyai), as, avi, at.iim, a. 
and n. 1. to observe, watch or wait for. Cic. 
ortum canieul®. Virg. sidera. Id. 
Quantum oculi possentservare sequen- 
tlini, h.e. as far as they could sec or observe. 
— Also, intransitively. Cic. de coelo, 
h. r. to observe lightning. (This was a 
duty of augurs.) So, also, Cars. B. G. 2, 
33. Indiligentius servaturos, h. e. would 
lteep careless watch. — Hence, perhaps, 
Servare domi or intus, to be or stay at 
home. Plaut. Nemo in ®dibus servat, li. e. 
there is no one in the house, or at home. Id. 
Iotas serva, h. e. stay at home. So, also, 
Id. apud me, h. c. with me, in my house. 
So. also, Terent. Eon. 4, 7, 10. Ed. Bend. 
Solus Sannio servat domi, h.e. is at home,. 
(But other Fold, read domuni, h. e. guards 
the house, keeps the house.) — Hence, Ser¬ 
vare, to take care, heed, be on one’s guard, 
prevent. Liv. Servarent, ne qui noc- 
turni ccetus fierent. Horat. Serva! h. e. 
take care! be on your guard! So, also, 
Plaut. and Terent. Hem serva! - 
IT Also, to guard, watch, keep. Cic. aii- 
qiiem libera custodia, h. e. to keep. Id. 
volumen epistolarum. JVep. fructus. 
Cats. Cassivelauims itinera nostra ser- 
vabat, h. e. kept watch of, never lost 
sight of. Hence, Virg. limen, h. e. to 
stay at hume, properly to guard or keep the 
house or room. So, also, Id. Vestibulum 
servat, h. c. is, or remains in the vesti¬ 
bule. So, also, Terent. domuni. (See 
abpve.) - 11 Also, to observe, keep, 
maintain, not to violate or act against. 
Cic. amicitiain. Id. legem. Id. pacem 
cum aliquo. Id. promissa. JVep. jus- 
jurandum. Liv. diem, h. e. to observe 
the day. Id. vigilias, h.e. to keep watches. 
Cic. consuetudinem. Id. fidem, h. e. 
to keep his ivord. Id. fidem jurisjurandi 
cum hoste, h. e. nut to violate the faith of 
an oath. - II Also, to preserve, save, 
deliver from destruction, cause that any 
thing be not destroyed, ruined or lost. Cic. 
populum. Id. aliquem ex judicio. JVep. 
navem ex hieme. - 11 Also, to pre¬ 
serve, to preserve in its condition, to retain 
or keep. Cies. ordines. Id. Tides coil- 
centum servant. Virg Nomen et arma 
servant locum, h. e. loci memoriam. 
-IT Also, to preserve, keep, lay aside 
or reserve for some other time, defer. Plin. 
vermes in melle. Cato, vinum in ve- 
tustatem. Cic. se ad tempora. Liv. 
se ad inajora. Also, with a dat. to the 
question, For whall Virg. Vosmet re¬ 
bus servate secundis. Also, with eo. 
Cic. Eo me servavi, li. e. I waited so long. 
-IT Also, to receive, obtain, get. Pan¬ 
dect. aliquid ab aliquo.-If Also, to 
occupy, inhabit, dwell, live, or reside in. 
Virg. silvas et flumina. Val. Flacc. 
Has nimbi ventique domos et naufraga 
servat tempestas. - IT Also, to hold, 
have. Virg. falcem.-U Plaut. Ser- 
vasso, is, &c. for servavero, &c. 
SeRVOLICOEX, a, m. and f. See Servi- 
3 licola. 
SeRVOLOS, i, m. See Servulus. 
SeRPS (unc.), a, um, adj. late, xp^viog, 
Hipiog. Cic. gratulatio. Liv. Bellum 
serius. Ovid. ®tas. Colum. ficus, li. e. 
growing late. Plin. Serissima omnium 
Amerina (pira).—Hence, Serum, subst. 
a late period or time. Liv. Rem in serum 
trahere, h. e. to be late, stay or come too 
late. Id. Serum diei, h. e. evening, dif/la. 
Id. noctis, h. e. a late hour of the night. 
Hence, Sero, ablat. late. Cic. Quam sero 
prodierit. Also, Sero, in the evening. 
Id. Eo die venit Lentulus sero. — Serius 
and serissime belong to sere. — Hence, 
Servs, late in fulfilment. Liv. spes. Cic. 
portemta. Val. Flacc. malum. — Also, 
late, doing any thing late. Ovid. Serus 
abi, li. e. go away late. — Also, witli 
a genii, following. Horat. studiorurn, 
h. e. ignorant, dd/ipaSf/f. — Also, with 
an infiuit. following. Propert. versare 
boves. — Also, aged, old, not young. 
Ovid, platanus. Virg. ulmus. — Also, 
slow, long, protracted, lasting a long time. 
Ovid, bellum. Vat. Flacc. piacula, h. e. 
crimes. — Also, far distant, remote. Val. 
Flacc. amnis. -11 Also, too late, use¬ 
less, idle, fruitless. Cic. calend®. Sal¬ 
lust. bellum. Phaidr. poenitentia. — 
Hence, Serus, a. um, for sero. Ovid. 
Venis serus, It. c. too late. Virg. Sera 
assurgis. — Hence, Sero, ablat. too late. 
Cic. Sero resistimus. Hence, a prov¬ 
erb. Id. Sero sapiunt Phryges. Id. 
Sero est, for serum. Also, Sera (plur. 
ace.) fir sero. Virg. Sera comantem. 
SeRVoLA (dimin. of serva), ®, f. a fe¬ 
male slave, handmaid or maidservant. Cic. 
SSRVuLOS, and SERVdLOS (dimin. of 
servus), i, m. a little slave; a slave, 6uv- 
Xapiov. Plaut. and Cic. 
SERVOS, or SERVOS (from servo, or 
rather epiio)), a, um, adj. serving, minis ¬ 
tering, bound to service, slavish, servile 
Ovid, munus. Id. aqua, h.e. aqua quam 
servi bibunt. Liv. civitas. Id. capita, 
li. e. servi. Figur. Horat. O iinitatoies 
servum pecus. — Hence, subst. Servus, 
i, m. a slave. Cic. Serva, re, f. a female 
slave. Liv. Also, Servum, i, n- Pan¬ 
dect. Quit-quid peperit, hoc servum he- 
redis est. (Slaves were either privati, 
belonging to certain masters, or publici. 
slaves of the state, servants of magis- 
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