deservio

Latin

Etymology

From de- +‎ servio.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /deːˈser.u̯i.oː/, [d̪eːˈs̠ɛru̯ioː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /deˈser.vi.o/, [d̪eˈs̬ɛrvio]

Verb

dēserviō (present infinitive dēservīre, perfect active dēservīvī, supine dēservītum); fourth conjugation

1. to serve zealously
2. to devote (oneself) to
3. to be subject to

Conjugation

• Perfect and supine forms are post-Classical.

Conjugation of dēserviō (fourth conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	dēserviō	dēservīs	dēservit	dēservīmus	dēservītis	dēserviunt
	imperfect	dēserviēbam	dēserviēbās	dēserviēbat	dēserviēbāmus	dēserviēbātis	dēserviēbant
	future	dēserviam	dēserviēs	dēserviet	dēserviēmus	dēserviētis	dēservient
	perfect	dēservīvī	dēservīvistī	dēservīvit	dēservīvimus	dēservīvistis	dēservīvērunt, dēservīvēre
	pluperfect	dēservīveram	dēservīverās	dēservīverat	dēservīverāmus	dēservīverātis	dēservīverant
	future perfect	dēservīverō	dēservīveris	dēservīverit	dēservīverimus	dēservīveritis	dēservīverint
passive	present	dēservior	dēservīris, dēservīre	dēservītur	dēservīmur	dēservīminī	dēserviuntur
	imperfect	dēserviēbar	dēserviēbāris, dēserviēbāre	dēserviēbātur	dēserviēbāmur	dēserviēbāminī	dēserviēbantur
	future	dēserviar	dēserviēris, dēserviēre	dēserviētur	dēserviēmur	dēserviēminī	dēservientur
	perfect	dēservītus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	dēservītus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	dēservītus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	dēserviam	dēserviās	dēserviat	dēserviāmus	dēserviātis	dēserviant
	imperfect	dēservīrem	dēservīrēs	dēservīret	dēservīrēmus	dēservīrētis	dēservīrent
	perfect	dēservīverim	dēservīverīs	dēservīverit	dēservīverīmus	dēservīverītis	dēservīverint
	pluperfect	dēservīvissem	dēservīvissēs	dēservīvisset	dēservīvissēmus	dēservīvissētis	dēservīvissent
passive	present	dēserviar	dēserviāris, dēserviāre	dēserviātur	dēserviāmur	dēserviāminī	dēserviantur
	imperfect	dēservīrer	dēservīrēris, dēservīrēre	dēservīrētur	dēservīrēmur	dēservīrēminī	dēservīrentur
	perfect	dēservītus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	dēservītus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	dēservī	—	—	dēservīte	—
	future	—	dēservītō	dēservītō	—	dēservītōte	dēserviuntō
passive	present	—	dēservīre	—	—	dēservīminī	—
	future	—	dēservītor	dēservītor	—	—	dēserviuntor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		dēservīre	dēservīvisse	dēservītūrum esse	dēservīrī	dēservītum esse	dēservītum īrī
participles		dēserviēns	—	dēservītūrus	—	dēservītus	dēserviendus, dēserviundus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		dēserviendī	dēserviendō	dēserviendum	dēserviendō	dēservītum	dēservītū

Descendants

• Old French: deservir
  • → Middle English: deserven
    • English: deserve
  • French: desservir

References

• “deservio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “deservio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• deservio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.