servīlis — Lewis & Short
servīlis, e, adj.servus,
I of or belonging to a slave, slavish, servile (class.).
I Lit. (syn. famularis):
tumultus,the servile war, insurrection of the slaves, Caes. B. G. 1, 40:
imperium,like that of masters over slaves, Sall. H. 1, 9 Dietsch:
bellum,Flor. 3, 19, 2; Cic. Imp. Pomp. 10, 28:
terror,dread of the slaves, of a servile insurrection, Liv. 3, 16: manus, a band of slaves (with latrones), Hor. Epod. 4, 19:
capita,Liv. 27, 16:
caput,Dig. 4, 5, 3:
de uxoribus in servilem modum quaestionem habent,like slaves, Caes. B. G. 6, 19; cf. Hor. S. 1, 8, 32:
inscriptio (i. e. triumphi de servis),Flor. 3, 19, 8:
operae (i. e. servis dignae),id. 2, 18, 10:
nil servile habet,Hor. S. 2, 7, 111:
servilia fingere,Tac. A. 16, 2:
caedi discentes, deforme atque servile est,Quint. 1, 3, 14; cf.
verbera,Just. 1, 5, 2:
causa,Dig. 4, 5, 3, § 1:
adfinitates,ib. 23, 2, 14, § 3:
cognationes,ib. 23, 2, 14, § 3:
condicio,ib. 48, 20, 1:
necessitas,ib. 3, 8, 19, § 2.—
II Trop.:
serviles nuptiae (opp. liberales),Plaut. Cas. prol. 68 and 73:
schema,id. Am. prol. 117:
vestis,Cic. Pis, 38, 92:
color,id. ib. 38, 1:
indoles,Liv. 1, 5:
gestus (with humilis),Quint. 11, 3, 83:
vernilitas,id. 1, 11, 2: litterae, i. e. the lower branches of learning (writing, reading, arithmetic, etc.;
opp. liberales, the higher branches),Sen. Tranq. 9:
jugum,Cic. Phil. 1, 2, 6:
munus,id. Sull. 19, 55.—Hence, adv., like a slave, slavishly, servilely. *
a servīle:
gemens,Claud. B. Gild. 364.—
b servīlĭter (class.):
serviliter ficti dominum consalutamus,Petr. 117, 6:
ne quid serviliter muliebriterve faciamus,Cic. Tusc. 2, 23, 55; so Tac. H. 1, 36:
saevire,Flor. 1, 23, 1.—Comp. and sup. of the adj. and adv. do not occur.