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Servius

Servius · m

A Roman proper name

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Where it lives

Densest 12 of 38 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

Servĭus — Lewis & Short

Servĭus, i, m.

I A Roman proper name, esp. in the Sulpician gens; whence Servii is sometimes used for Sulpicii, Oth. ap. Tac. H. 2, 48.—Esp., Servius Sulpitius Rufus, an eminent jurist and statesman, contemporary with Cicero, alled Servius, Dig. 47, 2, 76, § 1; Gai. Inst. 2, 244; v. Sulpicius.—Hence, Servĭānus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Servius Sulpitius the jurist, Servian: actio, Dig. 20, 1, 3; for which also simply Servĭāna, ae, ib. 20, 1, 1; 20, 1, 7; 20, 1, 10.—
II Servius Tullius, the sixth king of Rome; v. Tullius.—
III Servius Maurus Honoratus, a grammarian under Valentinian, a commentator on Vergil.

Where it came from

  • Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine Treated in Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine s.v. Servius (scan p. 396; entry #6286).

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