2001 Translation

Sounds Like: SER-wohs

Translations: slave, a slave, servant, a servant

From the root: SERVUS

Part of Speech: Noun

Explanation: This word refers to a slave or a servant. It is a masculine noun. In Latin, it is commonly used to denote someone who is in bondage or performs service for another, often without freedom.

Inflection: Masculine, Nominative Singular (older spelling of SERVUS) or Accusative Plural (older spelling of SERVOS)

Instances

Josephus' Against Apion

• Book One — 6:74, 9:110
• Book Two — 6:74, 9:110

From the same root

Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, SERVUS.

These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.

• SERVANT — servant, a servant, slave, a slave
• SERVIS — (to) slaves, (for) slaves, (by) slaves, (with) slaves, (from) slaves, (to) servants, (for) servants, (by) servants, (with) servants, (from) servants
• SERVUS — slave, servant, bondservant, a slave, a servant, a bondservant

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