fămŭlan-ter

fămŭlor, ātus, 1, v. dep. n. [id.], to be a servant, to serve, attend, wait upon.

Prop. (rare but class.): cum autem hi famulantur (with alterius esse and opp. sui esse), Cic. Fragm. ap. Non. 109, 6 (Rep. 3, 25 ed. Mai. et Mos.):

alicui jucundo labore,

Cat. 64, 161:

famulati Deo,

Tert. Res. Carn. 47:

famulantis fistula Phoebi,

Stat. S. 3, 3, 58:

Fortuna famulante,

Claud. B. G. 513.— Transf., of inanim. objects:

terra omnibus cruciatur horis, multoque plus, ut deliciis, quam ut alimentis nostris famuletur,

Plin. 2, 63, 63, § 157.—Hence, fămŭlan-ter, adv., servilely, submissively, Att. ap. Non. 111, 28 (Rib. Trag. Fragm. p. 218).