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
- L
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..." - G
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..."