servĭtĭum — Lewis & Short
servĭtĭum, ii, n.servus.
I In abstr., the condition of a slave or servant, slavery, servitude (not so in Cic., who has servitus).
A Lit.: hoc tibi pro servitio debeo, as your servant, * Ter. And. 4, 1, 52:
cum secum ipse reputaret, quam gravis casus in servitium ex regno foret,Sall. J. 62, 9: neque desistam abstrahere a servitio civitatem nostram, Brut. ap. Cic. Ep. ad Brut. 1, 16, 9:
militibus nostris Jugurthae servitium minari,Sall. J. 94, 4:
genus servitii insolitum,id. H. 2, 81 Dietsch:
servitii pretium,id. ib. 3, 61, 20; 3, 61, 1;
4, 61, 11: ductus ab creditore in servitium,Liv. 2, 23, 6:
justum pati servitium (just before: regia servitus),id. 41, 6, 9:
cum domus Assaraci Phthiam Servitio premet,Verg. A. 1, 285:
aliquem servitio levare,to free from slavery, Hor. S. 2, 5, 99:
servitio exire,Verg. E. 1, 41:
servitium subire,Ov. Tr. 4, 6, 8.—
B Transf., in gen., servitude or subjection of any kind:
animi imperio, corporis servitio magis utimur,Sall. C. 1, 2:
illi etiam tauros primi docuisse feruntur Servitium,Tib. 2, 1, 41; 2, 4, 1; Ov. A. A. 3, 488; cf. Verg. G. 3, 168; Col. 8, 8, 4:
qui servitium (amoris) ferre fatentur,Ov. Am. 1, 2, 18:
tanto infensius servitium,Tac. A. 1, 81 fin. —
II In concr., a body of servants, the class of slaves (collect.; class. in sing. and plur.).
(a) Sing.:
ita nunc servitium'st,such are servants nowadays, Plaut. Curc. 2, 3, 21:
Lycurgus agros locupletium plebi, ut servitio, colendos dedit,Cic. Rep. 3, 9, 16:
ut a servitio caveremus (cf. just before: examina tanta servorum immissa in populum Romanum),id. Har. Resp. 12, 25:
nulline motus in Siciliā servorum Verre praetore ... facti esse dicuntur? ... coeptum esse in Siciliā moveri aliquot locis servitium suspicor,Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 4, § 9:
ex omni faece urbis ac servitio,id. Pis. 4, 9:
calonum servitiique tertia (pars),Vell. 2, 82, 3; cf.:
servitii decem milia offerebat,Tac. A. 12, 17:
qui (gladiatores) e servitio Blaesi erant,id. ib. 1, 23 et saep.—
(b) Plur.:
servitia ad caedem et inflammandam urbem incitavit,Cic. Cael. 32, 78:
vincula soluta sunt et servitia incitata,id. Leg. 3, 11, 25:
opera facessant, servitia sileant,id. Fl. 38, 97; Sall. C. 24, 4; 46, 3; 50, 1; 56, 5; id. J. 66, 1; Liv. 2, 10; 6, 12; 28, 11; Col. 11, 1, 3 et al.—
B Transf., of drones among bees:
sunt autem fuci ... quasi servitia verarum apium,Plin. 11, 11, 11, § 27.—
2 = servi, servants as individuals:
servitia regum superborum,Liv. 2, 10, 8:
inopia servitiorum,id. 28, 11, 9:
dilapsis etiam infimis servitiorum,Tac. H. 3, 84.