(adj.adv.adj.adv.) : servīlis, e, adj.servus
* Of or belonging to a slave, slavish, servile (class.).
* 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.
* 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. *
* Servīle: gemens,Claud. B. Gild. 364.
* 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.