deservite
Dictionary entries
- Entry →deservio, deservire, deservivi, deservitus:
Verb · 4th conjugation · Taking Dative
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
serve; devote oneself to (interest/job); be subject to; be of service/use to;
voc. sg. perf. pass. part.pl. pres. act. imp. 2nd
Examples
de Clementia
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from DIALOGI
"...senis et invalidi. 5. Quemadmodum totum corpus animo deservit et, cum hoc tanto maius tantoque speciosius sit, ille..."Panegyricus
Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus (Pliny the Younger)
"...idem sudoris sumit? quis adeo expetitis honoribus aut deservit, aut sufficit? Et sane aequum est, tantum ceteris praestare..."