servitudo

Latin

Etymology

From servus (“servile”) +‎ -tūdō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ser.u̯iˈtuː.doː/, [s̠ɛru̯ɪˈt̪uːd̪oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ser.viˈtu.do/, [serviˈt̪uːd̪o]

Noun

servitūdō f (genitive servitūdinis); third declension

1. (rare) servitude, slavery

   Synonyms: servitūs, servitium

   Antonym: lībertās

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	servitūdō	servitūdinēs
Genitive	servitūdinis	servitūdinum
Dative	servitūdinī	servitūdinibus
Accusative	servitūdinem	servitūdinēs
Ablative	servitūdine	servitūdinibus
Vocative	servitūdō	servitūdinēs

Synonyms

• servitūs

Related terms

• serviculus
• servīlē
• servīlis
• servīliter

• serviō
• servitium
• servītor
• servitūs

• servula
• servulicola
• servulus
• servus

Descendants

• → English: servitude
• → French: servitude
• Italian: servitù
• Galician: servidume
• Portuguese: servidão
• Spanish: servidumbre

References

• “servitudo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• servitudo in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• servitudo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.