inservio Latin · revision 33061

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=c. 250–184 BC, Plautus|origins=la serviō}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [ĩːˈsɛr.wi.oː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [inˈsɛr.vi.o]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''īnserviō''' (present infinitive īnservīre, perfect active īnservīvī or īnserviī, supine īnservītum); fourth conjugation^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|in-|serviō|t2=to serve]].^(OLD 2012)^(TLL)^(Wiktionary) De Vaan derives [[m|la|serviō]] from [[m|la|servus|t=slave]], which goes back to [[itc-pro|*serwo-]] and [[ine-pro|*ser-u-o-|t=guardian]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ De Vaan dates it from Plautus,^(de Vaan 2008) in whose ''Mostellaria'' it is said not to be a courtesan's way to devote herself to one lover.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It means to serve someone's interests, to devote or attach oneself to them,^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) with the dative or, rarely and early, the accusative.^(Lewis & Short 1879) Varro uses it of looking after animals.^(OLD 2012) It also means to attend to things: Plautus has a home-grown plan that must be looked after.^(OLD 2012) Plautus has the old imperfect ''īnservībās'' and Silius Italicus ''īnservībat''.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(TLL) Stelten gives "serve, attend to".^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus of devotion to a lover.^(OLD 2012)^(de Vaan 2008)

+ * 116–27 BC – Varro of looking after animals.^(OLD 2012)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero.^(TLL)

+ * 25–101 AD – Silius Italicus has ''īnservībat''.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(TLL)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To [[m|en|serve]], be devoted or attached to; to defer to.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)^(Stelten 1995)

+ # To look after, take care of (animals).^(OLD 2012)

+ # To [[m|en|attend]] to, pay attention to (things).^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[serviō]]

+ * [[servus]]

+ * [[dēserviō]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}