to be a slave

slave, serf.

* * *

* * *

as-sĕro ( ads-, K. and H., Müller), sēvi, situm, 3, v. a., to sow, plant, or set near something (very rare;

not in Cic.), Agroet. de Orthogr. p. 2274 P.: vites,

Cato, R. R. 32 fin.:

vitis adsita ad olus,

Varr. R. R. 1, 16 fin.:

vites propter cupressos,

id. ib. 1, 26: Lenta quin velut adsitas Vitis implicat arbores, * Cat. 61, 102: populus adsita certis Limitibus, * Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 170 (quippe quae vitibus maritaretur, Agroet. l. c.).

as-sĕro ( ads-, Ritschl, Fleckeisen, Merk., Halm, Weissenb.), sĕrŭi, sertum, 3, v. a., to join some person or thing to one's self; hence,

As a jurid. t. t. (so this word is most freq. found; cf. assertor and assertio).

Aliquem manu, in libertatem or liberali causā (also merely manu, and finally absol. adserere), to declare one (a slave) to be free by laying hands upon him, to set free, to liberate:

adserere manu in libertatem...,

Varr. L. L. 6, § 64 Müll.:

qui in libertatem adserebant,

Suet. Vit. 10:

se adserit in libertatem,

Dig. 47, 10, 11 fin.:

in iis qui adserantur in libertatem, quia quivis lege agere possit, id juris esse,

Liv. 3, 45; so,

in ingenuitatem,

Suet. Aug. 74:

se ingenuitati,

Dig. 40, 14, 2:

manu eas adserat Suas populares liberali causā,

Plaut. Poen. 4, 2, 83:

manuque liberali causā ambas adseras,

id. ib. 5, 2, 142: si quisquam hanc liberali adseruisset manu, id. Curc. 5, 2, 68:

ego liberali illam adsero causā manu,

Ter. Ad. 2, 1, 40: cum in causā liberali eum, qui adserebatur cognatum, suum esse diceret, * Cic. Fl. 17, 40:

neminem venire, qui istas adsereret manu,

Plaut. Poen. 5, 6, 11:

illam a lenone adserito manu,

id. Pers. 1, 3, 83;

and transf.: pisces manu adserere,

id. Rud. 4, 3, 34:

adserui jam me fugique catenas,

Ov. Am. 3, 11, 3 Merk.; Suet. Vesp. 3; id. Gram. 21.—

Aliquem in servitutem, to declare one to be a slave by laying the hand upon him, to claim as a slave:

M. Claudio clienti negotium dedit (Ap. Claudius), ut virginem in servitutem adsereret,

Liv. 3, 44; so Suet. Tib. 2; Liv. 34, 18; 35, 16 fin. —

After the poets of the Aug. per., transf. from the judicial sphere to common life.

(Acc. to I. A.) To free from, to protect, defend, defend against (esp. freq. in Flor. and Suet.):

habe ante oculos mortalitatem, a quā adserere te hoc uno munimento potes,

Plin. Ep. 2, 10, 4:

se ab injuriā oblivionis,

id. ib. 3, 5, 9:

liberatae Italiae adsertique imperii nuntius,

Flor. 3, 3, 19:

post adsertam a Manlio, restitutam a Camillo urbem,

id. 1, 13, 19:

Latini quoque Tarquinios adserebant,

id. 1, 11, 1:

Gracchanas leges,

id. 3, 16, 1:

easdem leges,

id. 3, 17, 1; so id. 2, 18, 16; 3, 3, 19; 3, 17, 4:

dignitatem,

Suet. Caes. 16 (cf. Caes. B. C. 1, 7, and Suet. Caes. 33:

defendere dignitatem,

id. ib. 72:

tueri dignitatem): senatus in adserendā libertate consensit,

in the restoring of freedom, Suet. Calig. 60; id. Claud. 10:

namque adserit urbes sola fames (liberas facit urbes contra dominos, Schol.),

Luc. 3, 56:

hoc focale tuas adserat auriculas,

i. e. guard against the hearing of bad verses, Mart. 14, 142:

non te cucullis adseret caput tectum (sc. a basiis),

id. 11, 99.—

(Acc. to I. B.) Aliquid sibi, to appropriate something to one's self, to claim, declare it one's own possession: nec laudes adsere nostras, claim not for yourself, etc., Ov. M. 1, 462:

haec (gaudia) utrāque manu complexuque adsere toto,

Mart. 1, 16, 9; and (per hypallagen): me adsere caelo, appoint me to the skies, i. e. declare me to be of celestial origin, Ov. M. 1, 761.—In prose, Vell. 2, 60 Runhk.; cf. Val. Max. 4, 4, 4:

Unus hominum ad hoc aevi Felicis sibi cognomen adseruit L. Sulla,

Plin. 7, 43, 44, § 137:

sapientis sibi nomen adseruit,

Quint. 12, 1, 20:

sibi artem figurarum,

id. 9, 3, 64:

ipse te in alto isto pinguique secessu studiis adseris?

are you devoting yourself? Plin. Ep. 1, 3, 3:

dominationem sibi,

Suet. Oth. 9:

divinam majestatem sibi,

id. Calig. 22:

Gallaeci Graecam sibi originem adserunt,

Just. 44, 3.—

In gen., to maintain, affirm, assert, declare; diabebaioumai, Gloss.:

non haec Colchidos adserit furorem, Diri prandia nec refert Thyestae,

Mart. 10, 35:

Epicharmus testium malis hanc utilissime imponi adserit,

Plin. 20, 9, 34, § 89, where Jan conjectures ait:

mollissimum quemque beatum fore adserebant,

Aur. Vict. Caes. 28, 8; so id. ib. 3, 5:

non vacat adserere quae finxeris,

Quint. Decl. 7, 6; Pall. 1, 19, 3; so Veg. 1, 17, 4; 1, 17, 5; 5, 25, 1 al.

as-sĕro ( ads-, K. and H., Müller), sēvi, situm, 3, v. a., to sow, plant, or set near something (very rare;

not in Cic.), Agroet. de Orthogr. p. 2274 P.: vites,

Cato, R. R. 32 fin.:

vitis adsita ad olus,

Varr. R. R. 1, 16 fin.:

vites propter cupressos,

id. ib. 1, 26: Lenta quin velut adsitas Vitis implicat arbores, * Cat. 61, 102: populus adsita certis Limitibus, * Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 170 (quippe quae vitibus maritaretur, Agroet. l. c.).

as-sĕro ( ads-, Ritschl, Fleckeisen, Merk., Halm, Weissenb.), sĕrŭi, sertum, 3, v. a., to join some person or thing to one's self; hence,

As a jurid. t. t. (so this word is most freq. found; cf. assertor and assertio).

Aliquem manu, in libertatem or liberali causā (also merely manu, and finally absol. adserere), to declare one (a slave) to be free by laying hands upon him, to set free, to liberate:

adserere manu in libertatem...,

Varr. L. L. 6, § 64 Müll.:

qui in libertatem adserebant,

Suet. Vit. 10:

se adserit in libertatem,

Dig. 47, 10, 11 fin.:

in iis qui adserantur in libertatem, quia quivis lege agere possit, id juris esse,

Liv. 3, 45; so,

in ingenuitatem,

Suet. Aug. 74:

se ingenuitati,

Dig. 40, 14, 2:

manu eas adserat Suas populares liberali causā,

Plaut. Poen. 4, 2, 83:

manuque liberali causā ambas adseras,

id. ib. 5, 2, 142: si quisquam hanc liberali adseruisset manu, id. Curc. 5, 2, 68:

ego liberali illam adsero causā manu,

Ter. Ad. 2, 1, 40: cum in causā liberali eum, qui adserebatur cognatum, suum esse diceret, * Cic. Fl. 17, 40:

neminem venire, qui istas adsereret manu,

Plaut. Poen. 5, 6, 11:

illam a lenone adserito manu,

id. Pers. 1, 3, 83;

and transf.: pisces manu adserere,

id. Rud. 4, 3, 34:

adserui jam me fugique catenas,

Ov. Am. 3, 11, 3 Merk.; Suet. Vesp. 3; id. Gram. 21.—

Aliquem in servitutem, to declare one to be a slave by laying the hand upon him, to claim as a slave:

M. Claudio clienti negotium dedit (Ap. Claudius), ut virginem in servitutem adsereret,

Liv. 3, 44; so Suet. Tib. 2; Liv. 34, 18; 35, 16 fin. —

After the poets of the Aug. per., transf. from the judicial sphere to common life.

(Acc. to I. A.) To free from, to protect, defend, defend against (esp. freq. in Flor. and Suet.):

habe ante oculos mortalitatem, a quā adserere te hoc uno munimento potes,

Plin. Ep. 2, 10, 4:

se ab injuriā oblivionis,

id. ib. 3, 5, 9:

liberatae Italiae adsertique imperii nuntius,

Flor. 3, 3, 19:

post adsertam a Manlio, restitutam a Camillo urbem,

id. 1, 13, 19:

Latini quoque Tarquinios adserebant,

id. 1, 11, 1:

Gracchanas leges,

id. 3, 16, 1:

easdem leges,

id. 3, 17, 1; so id. 2, 18, 16; 3, 3, 19; 3, 17, 4:

dignitatem,

Suet. Caes. 16 (cf. Caes. B. C. 1, 7, and Suet. Caes. 33:

defendere dignitatem,

id. ib. 72:

tueri dignitatem): senatus in adserendā libertate consensit,

in the restoring of freedom, Suet. Calig. 60; id. Claud. 10:

namque adserit urbes sola fames (liberas facit urbes contra dominos, Schol.),

Luc. 3, 56:

hoc focale tuas adserat auriculas,

i. e. guard against the hearing of bad verses, Mart. 14, 142:

non te cucullis adseret caput tectum (sc. a basiis),

id. 11, 99.—

(Acc. to I. B.) Aliquid sibi, to appropriate something to one's self, to claim, declare it one's own possession: nec laudes adsere nostras, claim not for yourself, etc., Ov. M. 1, 462:

haec (gaudia) utrāque manu complexuque adsere toto,

Mart. 1, 16, 9; and (per hypallagen): me adsere caelo, appoint me to the skies, i. e. declare me to be of celestial origin, Ov. M. 1, 761.—In prose, Vell. 2, 60 Runhk.; cf. Val. Max. 4, 4, 4:

Unus hominum ad hoc aevi Felicis sibi cognomen adseruit L. Sulla,

Plin. 7, 43, 44, § 137:

sapientis sibi nomen adseruit,

Quint. 12, 1, 20:

sibi artem figurarum,

id. 9, 3, 64:

ipse te in alto isto pinguique secessu studiis adseris?

are you devoting yourself? Plin. Ep. 1, 3, 3:

dominationem sibi,

Suet. Oth. 9:

divinam majestatem sibi,

id. Calig. 22:

Gallaeci Graecam sibi originem adserunt,

Just. 44, 3.—

In gen., to maintain, affirm, assert, declare; diabebaioumai, Gloss.:

non haec Colchidos adserit furorem, Diri prandia nec refert Thyestae,

Mart. 10, 35:

Epicharmus testium malis hanc utilissime imponi adserit,

Plin. 20, 9, 34, § 89, where Jan conjectures ait:

mollissimum quemque beatum fore adserebant,

Aur. Vict. Caes. 28, 8; so id. ib. 3, 5:

non vacat adserere quae finxeris,

Quint. Decl. 7, 6; Pall. 1, 19, 3; so Veg. 1, 17, 4; 1, 17, 5; 5, 25, 1 al.

mancĭpĭum ( mancŭpĭum), ii (the contr. form of the gen., mancipi, like imperi, ingeni, etc., predominates in jurid. lang.), n. [manceps], a taking by hand; hence, law t. t., the formal acceptance, the taking possession of a purchase and sale (corresponding to the formal delivery by the vendor; cf. the feudal livery of seisin, etc.); the legal, formal purchase of a thing: est autem mancipatio imaginaria quaedam venditio: quod et ipsum jus proprium civium Romanorum est. Eaque res ita agitur: adhibitis non minus quam quinque testibus civibus Romanis puberibus et praeterea alio ejusdem condicionis, qui libram aeneam teneat, qui appellatur libripens, is qui mancipio accipit, rem tenens ita dicit: hunc ego hominem ex jure Quiritium meum esse aio, isque mihi emptus est hoc aere aëneaque libra: deinde aere percutit libram, idque aes dat ei, a quo mancipio accipit, quasi pretii loco. Eo modo et serviles et liberae personae mancipantur: animalia quoque, quae mancipi sunt, quo in numero habentur boves, equi, muli, asini;

ita praedia tam urbana quam rustica, quae et ipsa mancipi sunt, qualia sunt Italica, eodem modo solent mancipari. In eo solo praediorum mancipatio a ceterorum mancipatione differt, quod personae serviles et liberae, item animalia quae mancipi sunt, nisi in praesentia sint, mancipari non possunt, adeo quidem, ut eum, qui mancipio accipit, apprehendere id ipsum, quod ei mancipio datur, necesse sit: unde etiam mancipatio dicitur, quia manu res capitur: praedia vero absentia solent mancipari,

Gai. Inst. 1, 119 sq.:

hoc in mancipio Marius non dixerat,

at the sale, Cic. Off. 3, 16, 67; cf.:

cum M. Marius Graditianus aedes Auratae vendidisset, neque in mancipii lege dixisset, etc.,

in the contract of sale... in the sale, id. de Or. 1, 39, 178.—

Transf.

A possession, property, right of ownership, acquired by such purchase: mancipio dare, and accipere, to give or take possession of by way of formal seizure (on the case of mancipio, v. Roby, Gram. 2, § 1243): Ca. Memini et mancipio tibi dabo. Cu. Egon' ab lenone quicquam Mancipio accipiam? quibus sui nihil est nisi una lingua? Plaut. Curc. 4, 2, 8; Cic. Att. 13, 50, 2:

ille aedis mancupio aps te accepit,

Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 19:

egomet ei me mancupio dabo,

id. Mil. 1, 1, 23:

finge mancipio aliquem dedisse id, quod mancipio dari non potest,

Cic. Top. 10, 45:

esse in mancipio alicujus,

to be the property of any one, Gell. 18, 6, 9:

mancupio aedis poscere,

Plaut. Most. 5, 1, 42.— Esp., in the Roman law, things were classified as res mancipi (for mancipii; also,

res mancupi for mancupii) and res nec mancipi, i. e. things transferrible only by formal mancipation, and things transferrible by mere delivery,

Gai. Inst. 2, 15 sqq.; 59; 65; Ulp. Fragm. 19, 1 sqq. (cf. Maine, Ancient Law, chap. viii.):

in iis rebus repetendis, quae mancipi sunt,

Cic. Mur. 2:

abalienatio est ejus rei, quae mancipi est, aut traditio alteri nexu aut in jure cessio,

id. Top. 5.—

Trop.:

vitaque mancipio nulli datur, omnibus usu,

Lucr. 3, 971: fortuna nihil dat mancipio, bestows nothing as a property or constant possession, Sen. Ep. 72, 9.—

Concr., a slave obtained by mancipium:

mancipia, quae dominorum sunt facta nexu aut aliquo jure civili,

Cic. Par. 5, 1, 35; id. Att. 8, 11, 4.—

In gen., a slave:

Edepol mancipium scelestum,

Plaut. Ep. 5, 2, 20; cf. id. Truc. 2, 2, 18; id. Capt. 5, 2, 1:

mancipiis locuples eget aeris Cappadocum rex,

Hor. Ep. 1, 6, 39:

mancipia argento parata,

purchased slaves, Liv. 41, 6: mancipium Caesaris, Tac. A. 2, 2:

nudum olido stans Fornice,

Juv. 11, 172; 9, 120; Vulg. Apoc. 18, 13.—

Trop. ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

jurat, Se fore mancipium tempus in omne tuum,

thy slave, servant, Ov. P. 4, 5, 40:

omnis Musae,

Petr. 68:

Christi,

Prud. Apoth. 476.

mancĭpĭum ( mancŭpĭum), ii (the contr. form of the gen., mancipi, like imperi, ingeni, etc., predominates in jurid. lang.), n. [manceps], a taking by hand; hence, law t. t., the formal acceptance, the taking possession of a purchase and sale (corresponding to the formal delivery by the vendor; cf. the feudal livery of seisin, etc.); the legal, formal purchase of a thing: est autem mancipatio imaginaria quaedam venditio: quod et ipsum jus proprium civium Romanorum est. Eaque res ita agitur: adhibitis non minus quam quinque testibus civibus Romanis puberibus et praeterea alio ejusdem condicionis, qui libram aeneam teneat, qui appellatur libripens, is qui mancipio accipit, rem tenens ita dicit: hunc ego hominem ex jure Quiritium meum esse aio, isque mihi emptus est hoc aere aëneaque libra: deinde aere percutit libram, idque aes dat ei, a quo mancipio accipit, quasi pretii loco. Eo modo et serviles et liberae personae mancipantur: animalia quoque, quae mancipi sunt, quo in numero habentur boves, equi, muli, asini;

ita praedia tam urbana quam rustica, quae et ipsa mancipi sunt, qualia sunt Italica, eodem modo solent mancipari. In eo solo praediorum mancipatio a ceterorum mancipatione differt, quod personae serviles et liberae, item animalia quae mancipi sunt, nisi in praesentia sint, mancipari non possunt, adeo quidem, ut eum, qui mancipio accipit, apprehendere id ipsum, quod ei mancipio datur, necesse sit: unde etiam mancipatio dicitur, quia manu res capitur: praedia vero absentia solent mancipari,

Gai. Inst. 1, 119 sq.:

hoc in mancipio Marius non dixerat,

at the sale, Cic. Off. 3, 16, 67; cf.:

cum M. Marius Graditianus aedes Auratae vendidisset, neque in mancipii lege dixisset, etc.,

in the contract of sale... in the sale, id. de Or. 1, 39, 178.—

Transf.

A possession, property, right of ownership, acquired by such purchase: mancipio dare, and accipere, to give or take possession of by way of formal seizure (on the case of mancipio, v. Roby, Gram. 2, § 1243): Ca. Memini et mancipio tibi dabo. Cu. Egon' ab lenone quicquam Mancipio accipiam? quibus sui nihil est nisi una lingua? Plaut. Curc. 4, 2, 8; Cic. Att. 13, 50, 2:

ille aedis mancupio aps te accepit,

Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 19:

egomet ei me mancupio dabo,

id. Mil. 1, 1, 23:

finge mancipio aliquem dedisse id, quod mancipio dari non potest,

Cic. Top. 10, 45:

esse in mancipio alicujus,

to be the property of any one, Gell. 18, 6, 9:

mancupio aedis poscere,

Plaut. Most. 5, 1, 42.— Esp., in the Roman law, things were classified as res mancipi (for mancipii; also,

res mancupi for mancupii) and res nec mancipi, i. e. things transferrible only by formal mancipation, and things transferrible by mere delivery,

Gai. Inst. 2, 15 sqq.; 59; 65; Ulp. Fragm. 19, 1 sqq. (cf. Maine, Ancient Law, chap. viii.):

in iis rebus repetendis, quae mancipi sunt,

Cic. Mur. 2:

abalienatio est ejus rei, quae mancipi est, aut traditio alteri nexu aut in jure cessio,

id. Top. 5.—

Trop.:

vitaque mancipio nulli datur, omnibus usu,

Lucr. 3, 971: fortuna nihil dat mancipio, bestows nothing as a property or constant possession, Sen. Ep. 72, 9.—

Concr., a slave obtained by mancipium:

mancipia, quae dominorum sunt facta nexu aut aliquo jure civili,

Cic. Par. 5, 1, 35; id. Att. 8, 11, 4.—

In gen., a slave:

Edepol mancipium scelestum,

Plaut. Ep. 5, 2, 20; cf. id. Truc. 2, 2, 18; id. Capt. 5, 2, 1:

mancipiis locuples eget aeris Cappadocum rex,

Hor. Ep. 1, 6, 39:

mancipia argento parata,

purchased slaves, Liv. 41, 6: mancipium Caesaris, Tac. A. 2, 2:

nudum olido stans Fornice,

Juv. 11, 172; 9, 120; Vulg. Apoc. 18, 13.—

Trop. ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

jurat, Se fore mancipium tempus in omne tuum,

thy slave, servant, Ov. P. 4, 5, 40:

omnis Musae,

Petr. 68:

Christi,

Prud. Apoth. 476.

servus, a, um, adj. [referred by the ancients to servo:

servi ex eo appellati sunt, quod imperatores servos vendere, ac per hoc servare, nec occidere solent,

Just. Inst. 1, 3, 3; but prob. from root svar-; Lith. svaras, a weight; cf. Gr. herma; O. H. Germ. swari, burdensome; Germ. schwer, heavy; cf. also serius], slavish, servile, subject.

In gen.

With homo (= 2. servus;

mostly ante-class.): non decet superbum esse hominem servom,

Plaut. As. 2, 4, 64; id. Mil. 2, 6, 80; id. Stich. 1, 2, 1; 5, 4, 10; id. Ep. 1, 1, 58; 3, 1, 7; Ter. Phorm. 2, 1, 62.—

With other subjects (not freq. till after the Aug. per.):

octo milia liberorum servorumque capitum sunt capta,

Liv. 29, 29:

corpori, quod servum fortuna erat, vim fecit,

id. 38, 24:

Graeciae urbes servae et vectigales (opp. liberae),

id. 34, 58:

civitas,

id. 25, 31:

Lacedaemon,

id. 34, 41:

serva manus,

Ov. F. 6, 558:

o imitatores, servum pecus!

Hor. Ep. 1, 19, 19:

serva aqua, i. e. servorum,

Ov. Am. 1, 6, 26; cf. Petr. 71:

servam operam, linguam liberam herus me jussit habere,

Plaut. Pers. 2, 4, 9:

omnia non serva et maxime regna hostilia ducunt (Romani),

Sall. H. 4, 61, 17 Dietsch:

reges serva omnia et subjecta imperio suo esse velint,

Liv. 37, 54; 42, 46: statu libera quicquid peperit, hoc servum heredis est, Dig. 40, 7, 16.—

Jurid. t. t., of buildings, lands, etc., liable to certain burdens, subject to a servitude:

libera (praedia) meliore jure sunt quam serva,

Cic. Agr. 3, 2, 9:

fundus,

Dig. 8, 6, 6:

aedes,

ib. 8, 2, 35:

area,

ib. 8, 2, 34 al.; cf. servio, II. B., and servitus, II B.—Hence,

servus ( - ŏs), i, m., and serva, ae, f., a slave, servant, serf, serving-man; a female slave, maid-servant.

Masc. (syn.: famulus, mancipium), Enn. ap. Non. 471, 19 (Com. v. 5 Vahl.); Cato ap. Gell. 10, 3, 17: servi, ancillae, id. ap. Fest. s. v. prohibere, p. 234 Müll.; cf.:

Ulixes domi etiam contumelias servorum ancillarumque pertulit,

Cic. Off. 1, 31, 113:

servus armiger,

Plaut. Cas. 2, 3, 39:

dotalis,

id. As. 1, 1, 72:

frugi,

id. Aul. 4, 1, 1:

graphicus et quantivis pretii,

id. Ep. 3, 3, 29:

nequam et malus,

id. Poen. 5, 2, 70:

scelestus, infidelis,

id. Trin. 2, 4, 126:

peculiosus,

id. Rud. 1, 2, 24:

peculiaris,

id. Capt. prol. 20:

fallax,

Ov. Am. 1, 15, 17:

servus a pedibus,

Cic. Att. 8, 5, 1:

a manu,

Suet. Caes. 74:

aliquem servum sibi habere ad manum,

Cic. de Or. 3, 60, 225: publici, public slaves, S. C. ap. Front. Aquaed. 100; Varr. ap. Gell. 13, 13, 4; Cic. Phil. 8, 8, 24; Liv. 9, 29 fin. et saep.; cf. Dig. 1, 5, 5.—Prov.: quot servi, tot hostes, Sinn. Capito ap. Fest. s. v. quot, p. 261 Müll.; cf. Sen. Ep. 47, 3; Macr. S. 1, 11 med. —Esp.: poenae servus, a slave of punishment, i. e. condemned to servile labor, Just. Inst. 1, 12, 3; Dig. 48, 19, 17.—

Trop.:

vidit enim eos, qui se judiciorum dominos dici volebant, harum cupiditatum esse servos,

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 22, § 58:

neque tam servi illi dominorum, quam tu libidinum,

id. ib. 2, 4, 50, §

112: omnium libidinum servi,

Plin. Ep. 8, 22, 1:

adulescens libertorum suorum libertus servorumque servus,

Vell. 2, 73, 1:

servus potestatis,

Cic. Cael. 32, 79; cf.

also the doubtful reading: legum omnes servi sumus ut liberi esse possimus,

id. Clu. 53, 146 (where B. and K. have omnes servimus).—

Fem. (mostly anteclass. for ancilla):

servae sint istae an liberae,

Plaut. Rud. 4, 4, 62:

ego serva sum,

id. Cist. 4, 2, 99; id. Pers. 4, 4, 63; id. Poen. 5, 4, 31:

serva nata,

id. Rud. 1, 3, 37:

servum servaque natum regnum occupasse,

Liv. 1, 47 fin.:

serva Briseis,

Hor. C. 2, 4, 3 et saep.

servus, a, um, adj. [referred by the ancients to servo:

servi ex eo appellati sunt, quod imperatores servos vendere, ac per hoc servare, nec occidere solent,

Just. Inst. 1, 3, 3; but prob. from root svar-; Lith. svaras, a weight; cf. Gr. herma; O. H. Germ. swari, burdensome; Germ. schwer, heavy; cf. also serius], slavish, servile, subject.

In gen.

With homo (= 2. servus;

mostly ante-class.): non decet superbum esse hominem servom,

Plaut. As. 2, 4, 64; id. Mil. 2, 6, 80; id. Stich. 1, 2, 1; 5, 4, 10; id. Ep. 1, 1, 58; 3, 1, 7; Ter. Phorm. 2, 1, 62.—

With other subjects (not freq. till after the Aug. per.):

octo milia liberorum servorumque capitum sunt capta,

Liv. 29, 29:

corpori, quod servum fortuna erat, vim fecit,

id. 38, 24:

Graeciae urbes servae et vectigales (opp. liberae),

id. 34, 58:

civitas,

id. 25, 31:

Lacedaemon,

id. 34, 41:

serva manus,

Ov. F. 6, 558:

o imitatores, servum pecus!

Hor. Ep. 1, 19, 19:

serva aqua, i. e. servorum,

Ov. Am. 1, 6, 26; cf. Petr. 71:

servam operam, linguam liberam herus me jussit habere,

Plaut. Pers. 2, 4, 9:

omnia non serva et maxime regna hostilia ducunt (Romani),

Sall. H. 4, 61, 17 Dietsch:

reges serva omnia et subjecta imperio suo esse velint,

Liv. 37, 54; 42, 46: statu libera quicquid peperit, hoc servum heredis est, Dig. 40, 7, 16.—

Jurid. t. t., of buildings, lands, etc., liable to certain burdens, subject to a servitude:

libera (praedia) meliore jure sunt quam serva,

Cic. Agr. 3, 2, 9:

fundus,

Dig. 8, 6, 6:

aedes,

ib. 8, 2, 35:

area,

ib. 8, 2, 34 al.; cf. servio, II. B., and servitus, II B.—Hence,

servus ( - ŏs), i, m., and serva, ae, f., a slave, servant, serf, serving-man; a female slave, maid-servant.

Masc. (syn.: famulus, mancipium), Enn. ap. Non. 471, 19 (Com. v. 5 Vahl.); Cato ap. Gell. 10, 3, 17: servi, ancillae, id. ap. Fest. s. v. prohibere, p. 234 Müll.; cf.:

Ulixes domi etiam contumelias servorum ancillarumque pertulit,

Cic. Off. 1, 31, 113:

servus armiger,

Plaut. Cas. 2, 3, 39:

dotalis,

id. As. 1, 1, 72:

frugi,

id. Aul. 4, 1, 1:

graphicus et quantivis pretii,

id. Ep. 3, 3, 29:

nequam et malus,

id. Poen. 5, 2, 70:

scelestus, infidelis,

id. Trin. 2, 4, 126:

peculiosus,

id. Rud. 1, 2, 24:

peculiaris,

id. Capt. prol. 20:

fallax,

Ov. Am. 1, 15, 17:

servus a pedibus,

Cic. Att. 8, 5, 1:

a manu,

Suet. Caes. 74:

aliquem servum sibi habere ad manum,

Cic. de Or. 3, 60, 225: publici, public slaves, S. C. ap. Front. Aquaed. 100; Varr. ap. Gell. 13, 13, 4; Cic. Phil. 8, 8, 24; Liv. 9, 29 fin. et saep.; cf. Dig. 1, 5, 5.—Prov.: quot servi, tot hostes, Sinn. Capito ap. Fest. s. v. quot, p. 261 Müll.; cf. Sen. Ep. 47, 3; Macr. S. 1, 11 med. —Esp.: poenae servus, a slave of punishment, i. e. condemned to servile labor, Just. Inst. 1, 12, 3; Dig. 48, 19, 17.—

Trop.:

vidit enim eos, qui se judiciorum dominos dici volebant, harum cupiditatum esse servos,

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 22, § 58:

neque tam servi illi dominorum, quam tu libidinum,

id. ib. 2, 4, 50, §

112: omnium libidinum servi,

Plin. Ep. 8, 22, 1:

adulescens libertorum suorum libertus servorumque servus,

Vell. 2, 73, 1:

servus potestatis,

Cic. Cael. 32, 79; cf.

also the doubtful reading: legum omnes servi sumus ut liberi esse possimus,

id. Clu. 53, 146 (where B. and K. have omnes servimus).—

Fem. (mostly anteclass. for ancilla):

servae sint istae an liberae,

Plaut. Rud. 4, 4, 62:

ego serva sum,

id. Cist. 4, 2, 99; id. Pers. 4, 4, 63; id. Poen. 5, 4, 31:

serva nata,

id. Rud. 1, 3, 37:

servum servaque natum regnum occupasse,

Liv. 1, 47 fin.:

serva Briseis,

Hor. C. 2, 4, 3 et saep.

vēnālīcĭārĭus, a, um, adj. [venalicius], of or belonging to slave-selling.

Adj.:

vita,

i. e. slave-dealing, Dig. 32, 1, 73, § 4.—

Subst.: vēnālīcĭārĭus, ii, m., a slave-dealer, Dig. 14, 4, 1; 21, 1, 44; 50, 16, 207 al.

vēnālīcĭus or - tĭus, a, um, adj. [venalis], of or belonging to selling, for sale.

In gen.

Adj.:

jumenta,

Petr. 76. —

Subst.: vēnālīcĭum, ii, n., taxes on sales, Cod. Just. 12, 19, 4.—

In partic., of or belonging to slave-selling.

Adj.:

familiae,

i. e. young slaves exposed for sale, Suet. Aug. 42; so,

greges,

Plin. 35, 18, 58, § 201.—

vēnālīcĭus, ii, m., a slave-dealer, Cic. Or. 70, 232; Plin. 21, 26, 97, § 170; Suet. Rhet. 1.—

vēnā-līcĭum, ii, n.

Slave-selling, Dig. 21, 1, 65; Petr. 29; Inscr. Orell. 3023 and 4777.—

Plur., concr., young slaves, Dig. 28, 8, 5.

vēnālīcĭus or - tĭus, a, um, adj. [venalis], of or belonging to selling, for sale.

In gen.

Adj.:

jumenta,

Petr. 76. —

Subst.: vēnālīcĭum, ii, n., taxes on sales, Cod. Just. 12, 19, 4.—

In partic., of or belonging to slave-selling.

Adj.:

familiae,

i. e. young slaves exposed for sale, Suet. Aug. 42; so,

greges,

Plin. 35, 18, 58, § 201.—

vēnālīcĭus, ii, m., a slave-dealer, Cic. Or. 70, 232; Plin. 21, 26, 97, § 170; Suet. Rhet. 1.—

vēnā-līcĭum, ii, n.

Slave-selling, Dig. 21, 1, 65; Petr. 29; Inscr. Orell. 3023 and 4777.—

Plur., concr., young slaves, Dig. 28, 8, 5.

vĭcārĭus, a, um, adj. [vicis], that supplies the place of a person or thing, substituted, delegated, vicarious.

Adj.:

vicaria fides amicorum supponitur,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 38, 111:

manus,

Quint. Decl. 6, 21:

corpus,

id. ib. 16, 7:

mors,

Hyg. Fab. 243; Quint. Decl. 9 fin. —

vĭcārĭus, ii, m., a substitute, deputy, proxy, a locum tenens, vicegerent, vicar:

succedam ego vicarius tuo muneri,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 37, § 81; 2, 3, 38, § 86; id. Mur. 37, 80; id. Sull. 9, 26; id. Fam. 16, 22, 2; Liv. 29, 1, 8; Hor. C. 3, 24, 16; Dig. 26, 7, 39, § 16:

diligentiae meae,

Col. 11, 1, 5.—Esp., an adjutant or lieutenant to a military commander, Cod. Just. 12, 51, 9:

tribuni,

a vice - tribune, Treb. Pol. Trig. Tyr. 10, 4.— An under-servant, underslave kept by another slave, Plaut. As. 2, 4, 28; Hor. S. 2, 7, 79; Mart. 2, 18, 7; Dig. 9, 4, 19; 15, 1, 17; Inscr. Marin. Fratr. Arv. 687; cf.

of the vicarii of such vicarii,

ib. 775.—

vĭcārĭa, ae, f.

A female under-slave of another slave, Inscr. Fabr. 304, n. 297; Inscr. Murat. 972, 11.—

The post of deputy of the praefectus praetorio, Cod. Th. 6, 26, 4.—

A substitute:

se pro conjuge vicariam dare,

Sen. ad Helv. 19, 5.

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