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Clipping of servomotor.

servo (plural servos)

  2. A servomechanism or servomotor.

    • 2003, Roger Williams, How to Improve Triumph TR5, 250 and 6, page 45:

      A Lockheed Type 6 remote servo adds a 1.9 multiplier to the pedal pressures and, at about £140, is rather cheaper than all the Girling single line remote servos I′ve seen advertised.

    • 2004, Myke Predko, 123 Robotics Experiments for the Evil Genius, page 300:

      If you are using Futaba servos with the application, make sure that you change the data values accordingly.

    • 2008, Mark L. Latash, Neurophysiological Basis of Movement, page 95:

      The servo is an autonomic element of a control system: Setting a desired value of an output parameter makes a servo do its job independently of other factors as long as the specified value remains constant.

servo (third-person singular simple present servos, present participle servoing, simple past and past participle servoed)

  1. To control by means of servocontrol

Clipping of service station +‎ -o.

servo (plural servos)

  2. (Australia, New Zealand) A service station, being a place to buy petrol for cars etc., as well as various convenience items, with or without actual car service facilities.

    • 2002, Alex Miller, Journey to the Stone Country, Allen & Unwin, published 2003, page 83:

      Two hours later Susan pulled the Pajero off the road onto the floodlit apron of the servo at the end of the Bowen bypass.

    • 2008, Roz Hopkins, Pumped, page 12:

      Crude oil is purchased in US dollars, so the price of the petrol at your local servo is heavily influenced by the rate of exchange between the greenback and the Aussie dollar.

From servi (“to serve”) +‎ -o.

servo (accusative singular servon, plural servoj, accusative plural servojn)

  1. service

From English servo.

  • IPA(key): /ˈserʋo/, [ˈs̠e̞rʋo̞]
  • Rhymes: -erʋo
  • Hyphenation(key): ser‧vo

servo

  1. servo

From Old Galician-Portuguese servo (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin servus.

servo m (plural servos, feminine serva, feminine plural servas)

  1. serf
    Antonyms: amo, señor
  2. servant

From Latin servus, from Proto-Indo-European *ser-wo- (“guardian”), or perhaps of Etruscan origin.

servo (feminine serva, masculine plural servi, feminine plural serve)

  1. (literary) servile (of or pertaining to a slave)

    • 1310s, Dante Alighieri, “Canto VI”, in Purgatorio [Purgatory]‎[2], lines 76–78; republished as Giorgio Petrocchi, editor, La Commedia secondo l'antica vulgata [The Commedia according to the ancient vulgate]‎[3], 2nd revised edition, Florence: publ. Le Lettere, 1994:

      Ahi serva Italia, di dolore ostello,
      nave sanza nocchiere in gran tempesta,
      non donna di provincie, ma bordello!

      Ah! servile Italy, grief's hostelry! A ship without a pilot in great tempest! No Lady thou of Provinces, but brothel!

    • 1763, Giuseppe Parini, “Il mattino [Morning]”, in Opere dell'abate Giuseppe Parini - Volume primo [Works of abbot Giuseppe Parini - Volume one]‎[4], Venice: Giacomo Storti, published 1803, page 126:

      […] le serve braccia
      Fornien di leve onnipotenti, ond’alto
      Salisser poi piramidi, obelischi

      They endowed the servile arms with all-powerful levers, so that pyramids and obelisks could then rise

    • 1821, Alessandro Manzoni, Il cinque maggio [The Fifth of May]‎[5], collected in Opere varie di Alessandro Manzoni, Fratelli Rechiedei, published 1881, page 690, lines 17–20:

      Di mille voci al sonito
      Mista la sua non ha:
      Vergin di servo encomio
      E di codardo oltraggio

      With the thousand resounding voices his one does not mix, free from all taint of servile praise and cowardly insult

servo m (plural servi, feminine serva)

  1. (literary) slave
    Synonym: schiavo
  2. servant
    Synonyms: servitore, domestico

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

servo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of servire

From Proto-Italic *serwāō, from Proto-Indo-European *ser- (“to watch over, protect”). Possible cognates in Ancient Greek Ἥρα (Hḗra), ἥρως (hḗrōs).

servō (present infinitive servāre, perfect active servāvī, supine servātum); first conjugation

  1. to maintain, keep
    Synonyms: teneo, obtineō, retineo, capio, contineō, comprehendo, obsideo, sustineo

    • 23 BCE – 13 BCE, Horace, Odes 2.3.1–2:

      Aequam mementō rēbus in arduīs
      servāre mentem […]
      Remember to maintain a level mind in
      difficult situations […]
  2. to protect, save, keep, guard, safeguard, watch over
    Synonyms: salvō, tūtor, vindicō, cū̆stōdiō, sospitō, teneō, adimō, prōtegō, tegō, adsum, sustineō, dēfendō, tueor, prohibeō, arceō, mūniō, ēripiō
    Antonyms: immineō, īnstō, obiectō

    • 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 1.546–548:

      “Quem sī Fāta virum servant, sī vēscitur aurā
      aetheriā, neque adhūc crūdēlibus occubat umbrīs,
      nōn metus [...].”
      “If the Fates protect this man, if he breathes in the upper air, and neither still has he fallen among the cruel shades, [have] no fear [...].”
      (Ilioneus, speaking of Aeneas, assures Queen Dido regarding the Trojan presence in Carthage.)
  3. to give heed to, pay attention to; watch, observe any thing
    Synonyms: observō, conspiciō, cōnspicor, cū̆stōdiō, animadvertō, caveō, intueor
  4. to save, to deliver, rescue [with (Classical Latin) ex (+ ablative) or (Late Latin) ab (+ ablative) ‘from’]
    Synonyms: līberō, eximō, absolvō, vindicō, excipiō
    Antonyms: refrēnō, coerceō, saepiō, officiō, obstō, comprimō, impediō, arceō, supprimō

    • 54 BCE – 51 BCE, Cicero, De re publica 1.3.5:

      Hinc enim illa et apud Graecōs exempla, Miltiadem, victōrem domitōremque Persārum, nōndum sānātīs volneribus iīs, quae corpore adversō in clārissima victōriā accēpisset, vītam ex hostium tēlīs servātam in cīvium vinclīs prōfūdisse, et Themistoclem patriā, quam līberāvisset, pulsum atque prōterritum non in Graeciae portūs per sē servātōs, sed in barbariae sinūs cōnfūgisse, quam adflīxerat.
      Hence these examples among the Greeks as well: Miltiades, victor and conqueror of the Persians, to have spilt his life, preserved from enemies’ weapons, in the chains of his citizens, with the wounds received on the front of his body in the course of the most glorious victory not yet healed; and Themistocles, banished and driven away from the country he had freed, to have fled not to the harbours of Greece, saved by himself, but to the gulfs of a foreign country, which he had oppressed.
  5. to preserve, store, keep, reserve

    • 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 1.207:

      Dūrāte, et vōsmet rēbus servāte secundīs.
      Endure, and preserve yourselves for favourable things.
  6. (figurative) to permit, allow
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present servō servās servat servāmus servātis servant
imperfect servābam servābās servābat servābāmus servābātis servābant
future servābō servābis servābit servābimus servābitis servābunt
perfect servāvī servāvistī,
servāstī2 		servāvit,
servāt2 		servāvimus,
servāmus2 		servāvistis,
servāstis2 		servāvērunt,
servārunt,
servāvēre2
pluperfect servāveram,
servāram2 		servāverās,
servārās2 		servāverat,
servārat2 		servāverāmus,
servārāmus2 		servāverātis,
servārātis2 		servāverant,
servārant2
future perfect servāverō,
servārō2 		servāveris,
servāris2 		servāverit,
servārit2 		servāverimus,
servārimus2 		servāveritis,
servāritis2 		servāverint,
servārint2
sigmatic future1 servāssō servāssis servāssit servāssimus servāssitis servāssint
passive present servor servāris,
servāre 		servātur servāmur servāminī servantur
imperfect servābar servābāris,
servābāre 		servābātur servābāmur servābāminī servābantur
future servābor servāberis,
servābere 		servābitur servābimur servābiminī servābuntur
perfect servātus + present active indicative of sum
pluperfect servātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
future perfect servātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present servem servēs servet servēmus servētis servent
imperfect servārem servārēs servāret servārēmus servārētis servārent
perfect servāverim,
servārim2 		servāverīs,
servārīs2 		servāverit,
servārit2 		servāverīmus,
servārīmus2 		servāverītis,
servārītis2 		servāverint,
servārint2
pluperfect servāvissem,
servāssem2 		servāvissēs,
servāssēs2 		servāvisset,
servāsset2 		servāvissēmus,
servāssēmus2 		servāvissētis,
servāssētis2 		servāvissent,
servāssent2
sigmatic aorist1 servāssim servāssīs servāssīt servāssīmus servāssītis servāssint
passive present server servēris,
servēre 		servētur servēmur servēminī serventur
imperfect servārer servārēris,
servārēre 		servārētur servārēmur servārēminī servārentur
perfect servātus + present active subjunctive of sum
pluperfect servātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present — servā — — servāte —
future — servātō servātō — servātōte servantō
passive present — servāre — — servāminī —
future — servātor servātor — — servantor
non-finite forms infinitive participle
active passive active passive
present servāre servārī servāns —
future servātūrum esse servātum īrī servātūrus servandus
perfect servāvisse,
servāsse2 		servātum esse — servātus
future perfect — servātum fore — —
perfect potential servātūrum fuisse — — —
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
servandī servandō servandum servandō servātum servātū

1At least one use of the Old Latin "sigmatic future" and "sigmatic aorist" tenses is attested, which are used by Old Latin writers; most notably Plautus and Terence. The sigmatic future is generally ascribed a future or future perfect meaning, while the sigmatic aorist expresses a possible desire ("might want to").
2At least one rare poetic syncopated perfect form is attested.

servō

  1. dative/ablative singular of servus
  • “servo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “servo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • servo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎[6], London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to rescue from peril: aliquem ex periculo eripere, servare
    • to show an affectionate regard for a person's memory: memoriam alicuius pie inviolateque servare
    • to observe the chronological order of events: temporum ordinem servare
    • to observe the chronological order of events: servare et notare tempora
    • to be calm, self-possessed: constantiam servare
    • to preserve one's loyalty: fidem colere, servare
    • to keep one's word (not tenere): fidem servare (opp. fallere)
    • to do one's duty: officium suum facere, servare, colere, tueri, exsequi, praestare
    • to observe moderation, be moderate: modum tenere, retinere, servare, adhibere
    • to keep one's oath: iusiurandum (religionem) servare, conservare
    • to observe the sky (i.e. the flight of birds, lightning, thunder, etc.: de caelo servare (Att. 4. 3. 3)
    • to fast: ieiunium servare
    • to keep up a usage: consuetudinem suam tenere, retinere,[TR1] servare
    • to keep the ranks: ordines servare (B. G. 4. 26)
    • (ambiguous) to narrate events in the order of their occurrence: res temporum ordine servato narrare
  • servo in Enrico Olivetti, editor (2003-2025), Dizionario Latino, Olivetti Media Communication
  • Julius Pokorny (1959), Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch, in 3 vols, Bern, München: Francke Verlag

From Latin servus, from Proto-Indo-European *ser-wo- (“guardian”), or perhaps of Etruscan origin.

  • Hyphenation: ser‧vo

servo m (plural servos, feminine serva, feminine plural servas)

  1. servant
  2. serf
  • IPA(key): /ˈseɾbo/ [ˈseɾ.β̞o]
  • Rhymes: -eɾbo
  • Syllabification: ser‧vo

servo m (plural servos)

  1. Abbreviation of servomecanismo.
  2. Abbreviation of servomotor.

servo c

  1. servo