servo

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English[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Clipping of servomotor.

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Noun[edit]

servo (plural servos)

  1. A servomechanism or servomotor.
    • 2003, Roger Williams, How to Improve Triumph TR5, 250 and 6, page 45,
      A Lockheed Type 6 remote servo adds a 1.9 multiplier to the pedal pressures and, at about £140, is rather cheaper than all the Girling single line remote servos I′ve seen advertised.
    • 2004, Myke Predko, 123 Robotics Experiments for the Evil Genius, page 300,
      If you are using Futaba servos with the application, make sure that you change the data values accordingly.
    • 2008, Mark L. Latash, Neurophysiological Basis of Movement, page 95,
      The servo is an autonomic element of a control system: Setting a desired value of an output parameter makes a servo do its job independently of other factors as long as the specified value remains constant.
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Verb[edit]

servo (third-person singular simple present servos, present participle servoing, simple past and past participle servoed)

  1. To control by means of a servocontrol

Etymology 2[edit]

Clipping of service station +‎ -o.

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Noun[edit]

servo (plural servos)

  1. (Australia, New Zealand) A service station, being a place to buy petrol for cars etc., as well as various convenience items, with or without actual car service facilities.
    Man arrested after allegedly driving car through servo — title of Australian Broadcasting Commission News Radio item, 3 June 2005 [1]

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Esperanto[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From servi (“to serve”) +‎ -o.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

servo (accusative singular servon, plural servoj, accusative plural servojn)

  1. service

Derived terms[edit]

Finnish[edit]

Noun[edit]

servo

  1. servo

Declension[edit]

Inflection of servo (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)
nominative servo servot
genitive servon servojen
partitive servoa servoja
illative servoon servoihin
singular plural
nominative servo servot
accusative nom. servo servot
gen. servon
genitive servon servojen
partitive servoa servoja
inessive servossa servoissa
elative servosta servoista
illative servoon servoihin
adessive servolla servoilla
ablative servolta servoilta
allative servolle servoille
essive servona servoina
translative servoksi servoiksi
instructive — servoin
abessive servotta servoitta
comitative — servoineen
Possessive forms of servo (type valo)
possessor singular plural
1st person servoni servomme
2nd person servosi servonne
3rd person servonsa

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Italian[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Latin servus, from Proto-Indo-European *ser-wo- (“guardian”), or perhaps of Etruscan origin.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈsɛr.vo/
  • Hyphenation: sèr‧vo

Adjective[edit]

servo (feminine serva, masculine plural servi, feminine plural serve)

  1. (literary) servile (of or pertaining to a slave)
    • 1321, Dante Alighieri, La divina commedia: Purgatorio [The Divine Comedy: Purgatory] (paperback), Bompiani, published 2001, Canto VI, lines 76–78, page 89:
      Ahi serva Italia, di dolore ostello, ¶ nave sanza nocchiere in gran tempesta, ¶ non donna di provincie, ma bordello!
      Ah! servile Italy, grief's hostelry! A ship without a pilot in great tempest! No Lady thou of Provinces, but brothel!
    • 1763, Giuseppe Parini, “Il mattino [Morning]”, in Opere dell'abate Giuseppe Parini - Volume primo [Works of abbot Giuseppe Parini - Volume one]‎[2], Venice: Giacomo Storti, published 1803, page 126:
      […] le serve braccia ¶ Fornien di leve onnipotenti, ond’alto ¶ Salisser poi piramidi, obelischi
      They endowed the servile arms with all-powerful levers, so that pyramids and obelisks could then rise
    • 1821, Alessandro Manzoni, Il cinque maggio [The Fifth of May]‎[3], collected in Opere varie di Alessandro Manzoni, Fratelli Rechiedei, lines 17–20, page 690:
      Di mille voci al sonito ¶ Mista la sua non ha: ¶ Vergin di servo encomio ¶ E di codardo oltraggio
      With the thousand resounding voices his one does not mix, free from all taint of servile praise and cowardly insult

Noun[edit]

servo m (plural servi, feminine serva)

  1. (literary) slave
    Synonym: schiavo
  2. servant
    Synonyms: servitore, domestico
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Etymology 2[edit]

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb[edit]

servo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of servire

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Latin[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Italic *serwāō, from Proto-Indo-European *ser- (“to watch over, protect”). Possible cognates in Ancient Greek Ἥρα (Hḗra), ἥρως (hḗrōs).

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

servō (present infinitive servāre, perfect active servāvī, supine servātum); first conjugation

  1. I maintain, keep
    • 165 BCE, Publius Terentius Afer, Hecyra 3.3.42:
      Pollicitus sum et servāre in eō certumst quod dīxī fidem.
      I’ve made a promise and it’s certain that I shall keep what I said.
    • 23 BCE – 13 BCE, Horace, Odes 2.3.1–2:
      Aequam mementō rēbus in arduīs
      servāre mentem […]
      Remember to maintain a level mind in
      difficult situations […]
  2. I protect, save, keep, guard, watch over
  3. (with ex in Classical Latin; with ab in Late Latin) I save, I deliver
    • 54 BCE – 51 BCE, Cicero, De re publica 1.3.5:
      Hinc enim illa et apud Graecōs exempla, Miltiadem, victōrem domitōremque Persārum, nōndum sānātīs volneribus iīs, quae corpore adversō in clārissima victōriā accēpisset, vītam ex hostium tēlīs servātam in cīvium vinclīs prōfūdisse, et Themistoclem patriā, quam līberāvisset, pulsum atque prōterritum non in Graeciae portūs per sē servātōs, sed in barbariae sinūs cōnfūgisse, quam adflīxerat.
      Hence these examples among the Greeks as well: Miltiades, victor and conqueror of the Persians, to have spilt his life, preserved from enemies’ weapons, in the chains of his citizens, with the wounds received on the front of his body in the course of the most glorious victory not yet healed; and Themistocles, banished and driven away from the country he had freed, to have fled not to the harbours of Greece, saved by himself, but to the gulfs of a foreign country, which he had oppressed.
    • c. 77 CE – 79 CE, Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 7.29.103:
      Super omnia Capitōlium summamque rem in eō sōlus ā Gallīs servāverat, sī nōn regnō suō servasset.
      Above all [‌Lucius Siccius Dentatus] had singlehandedly saved the Capitol and the state treasure therein from the Gauls—had he only not saved it for his own reign.
  4. I preserve, store, keep, reserve
    • 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 1.207:
      Dūrāte, et vōsmet rēbus servāte secundīs.
      Endure, and preserve yourselves for favourable things.
  5. (figuratively) I permit, allow

Conjugation[edit]

   Conjugation of servō (first conjugation)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present servō servās servat servāmus servātis servant
imperfect servābam servābās servābat servābāmus servābātis servābant
future servābō servābis servābit servābimus servābitis servābunt
perfect servāvī servāvistī, servāstī1 servāvit servāvimus servāvistis, servāstis1 servāvērunt, servāvēre
pluperfect servāveram servāverās servāverat servāverāmus servāverātis servāverant
future perfect servāverō servāveris servāverit servāverimus servāveritis servāverint
passive present servor servāris, servāre servātur servāmur servāminī servantur
imperfect servābar servābāris, servābāre servābātur servābāmur servābāminī servābantur
future servābor servāberis, servābere servābitur servābimur servābiminī servābuntur
perfect servātus + present active indicative of sum
pluperfect servātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
future perfect servātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present servem servēs servet servēmus servētis servent
imperfect servārem servārēs servāret servārēmus servārētis servārent
perfect servāverim servāverīs servāverit servāverīmus servāverītis servāverint
pluperfect servāvissem, servāssem1 servāvissēs, servāssēs1 servāvisset, servāsset1 servāvissēmus, servāssēmus1 servāvissētis, servāssētis1 servāvissent, servāssent1
passive present server servēris, servēre servētur servēmur servēminī serventur
imperfect servārer servārēris, servārēre servārētur servārēmur servārēminī servārentur
perfect servātus + present active subjunctive of sum
pluperfect servātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present — servā — — servāte —
future — servātō servātō — servātōte servantō
passive present — servāre — — servāminī —
future — servātor servātor — — servantor
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives servāre servāvisse, servāsse1 servātūrum esse servārī servātum esse servātum īrī
participles servāns — servātūrus — servātus servandus
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
servandī servandō servandum servandō servātum servātū

1At least one rare poetic syncopated perfect form is attested.

Related terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • Aromanian: sãrbedz, sãrbari
  • Italian: servare, serbare
  • Occitan: servar

See also[edit]

Noun[edit]

servō

  1. dative singular of servus
  2. ablative singular of servus

References[edit]

  • servo in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • servo in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • servo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎[4], London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to rescue from peril: aliquem ex periculo eripere, servare
    • to show an affectionate regard for a person's memory: memoriam alicuius pie inviolateque servare
    • to observe the chronological order of events: temporum ordinem servare
    • to observe the chronological order of events: servare et notare tempora
    • to be calm, self-possessed: constantiam servare
    • to preserve one's loyalty: fidem colere, servare
    • to keep one's word (not tenere): fidem servare (opp. fallere)
    • to do one's duty: officium suum facere, servare, colere, tueri, exsequi, praestare
    • to observe moderation, be moderate: modum tenere, retinere, servare, adhibere
    • to keep one's oath: iusiurandum (religionem) servare, conservare
    • to observe the sky (i.e. the flight of birds, lightning, thunder, etc.: de caelo servare (Att. 4. 3. 3)
    • to fast: ieiunium servare
    • to keep up a usage: consuetudinem suam tenere, retinere,[TR1] servare
    • to keep the ranks: ordines servare (B. G. 4. 26)
    • (ambiguous) to narrate events in the order of their occurrence: res temporum ordine servato narrare
  • Julius Pokorny (1959), Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch, in 3 vols, Bern, München: Francke Verlag

Portuguese[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Latin servus, from Proto-Indo-European *ser-wo- (“guardian”), or perhaps of Etruscan origin.

Noun[edit]

servo m (plural servos, feminine serva, feminine plural servas)

  1. servant
  2. serf
Related terms[edit]

See also[edit]

Spanish[edit]

Noun[edit]

servo m (plural servos)

  1. Abbreviation of servomecanismo.
  2. Abbreviation of servomotor.
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