deservio Latin · revision 6989

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Cicero|origins=la serviō}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

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

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

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''dēserviō''' (present infinitive dēservīre, perfect active dēservīvī or dēserviī, supine dēservītum); fourth conjugation^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is from [[dē-]] and [[serviō]] “to serve”.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(TLL) Tertullian has a perfect ⟨dēservīsse⟩.^(TLL)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The OLD's earliest citations are from Cicero, of devoting oneself to someone's service.^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates Cicero 81–43 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant to serve zealously, devote oneself to someone, as Cicero's letter to Tiro, “while you serve me, you have not served your health enough”, and to devote oneself to pursuits or an employment.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Lewis and Short call it rare but classical.^(Lewis & Short 1879) From Seneca it was used of things serving a purpose.^(OLD 2012)

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+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it meant to serve zealously, be devoted to.^(Stelten 1995) Old French ''deservir'' gave [[en|deserve]] in the mid-13th century, meaning to merit.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it of devoted service.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 4 BC–65 AD – Seneca uses it of things serving a purpose.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * mid-13th century – English ''deserve'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To serve zealously, be [[m|en|devoted]] to.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To devote oneself to a pursuit.^(OLD 2012)

+ # Of things, to serve a purpose.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[serviō]]

+ * [[servus]]

+ * [[en|deserve]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}