Meaning of servio | Babel Free
[ˈsɛr.wi.oː]Definitions
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to be a slave to; to serve conjugation-4, impersonal
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to be devoted to, subject to conjugation-4, impersonal
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to have respect to, regard or care for, consult conjugation-4, impersonal
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to aim at conjugation-4, impersonal
Examples
““… Liceat Phrygiō servīre marītō,”
“[This arrangement will] permit [Dido] to be enslaved to her Phrygian husband [Aeneas], and — as her dowry — to surrender the Tyrians into your hands.” (Juno mocks Dido and insults Venus’s son, Aeneas, yet tries to tempt Venus with shared dominion over Carthage.)
“Seneca Minor, Epistulae Morales ad Lucilium, Epistula XCII”
No one is free who is a slave to his body.
CEFR level
B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
See also
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