servitium

Latin

Etymology

From servus, -itia and -ium.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /serˈu̯i.ti.um/, [s̠ɛrˈu̯ɪt̪iʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /serˈvit.t͡si.um/, [serˈvit̪ː͡s̪ium]

Noun

servitium n (genitive servitiī or servitī); second declension

1. slavery, servitude
2. slaves (collectively)
3. service
   • et idem Comes de rege per servitium militare
     • And the same Count of the king for military service

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	servitium	servitia
Genitive	servitiī servitī1	servitiōrum
Dative	servitiō	servitiīs
Accusative	servitium	servitia
Ablative	servitiō	servitiīs
Vocative	servitium	servitia

¹Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

Descendants

• Albanian: shërbesë
• Catalan: servici
• English: service
• French: service
• Galician: servizo
• Irish: seirbhís
• Italian: servigio, servizio
• Occitan: servici
• Portuguese: serviço
• Romanian: serviciu
• Spanish: servicio

References

• “servitium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “servitium”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• servitium 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)
• servitium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “servitium”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly