servo

English

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): [ˈsɜː.vəʊ]
  • (US) IPA(key): [ˈsɝ.voʊ]
  • Rhymes: -ɜː(r)vəʊ

Etymology 1

From servomotor.

Noun

servo (plural servos)

  1. 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.
Derived terms

Verb

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

  1. To control by means of a servocontrol

Etymology 2

From service station +‎ -o (“diminutive suffix”).

Noun

servo (plural servos)

  1. (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.
    Man arrested after allegedly driving car through servo — title of Australian Broadcasting Commission News Radio item, 3 June 2005

Anagrams

Esperanto

Noun

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

  1. service

Derived terms

Finnish

Noun

servo

  1. servo

Declension

Inflection of servo (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)
nominative servo servot
genitive servon servojen
partitive servoa servoja
illative servoon servoihin
singular plural
nominative servo servot
accusative nom. servo servot
gen. servon
genitive servon servojen
partitive servoa servoja
inessive servossa servoissa
elative servosta servoista
illative servoon servoihin
adessive servolla servoilla
ablative servolta servoilta
allative servolle servoille
essive servona servoina
translative servoksi servoiksi
instructive — servoin
abessive servotta servoitta
comitative — servoineen

Anagrams

Interlingue

Noun

servo (plural servos)

  1. serf

Italian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsɛr.vo/

Noun

servo m (plural servi, feminine serva)

  1. servant

Synonyms

Verb

servo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of servire

Anagrams

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈser.woː/, [ˈsɛr.woː]
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Verb

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

  1. I maintain, keep
    • Horatius, Carmina, Book II, Ode III, line 1.
      Aequam memento rebus in arduis servare mentem
      Remember to maintain a level mind in difficult affairs.
  2. I protect, keep, guard, watch over
  3. I save
    • Servā nōs, domine!
  4. I preserve, store, keep
    • Vergilius, Aeneis; Book I, line 207
      Durate, et vosmet rebus servate secundis.
      Endure, and preserve yourselves for better things.
  5. (figuratively) I permit, allow

Inflection

   Conjugation of servo (first conjugation)
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, servāsti1 servāvit servāvimus servāvistis, servāstis1 servāvērunt, servāvēre
pluperfect servāveram servāverās servāverat servāverāmus servāverātis servāverant
future perfect servāverō servāveris servāverit servāverimus servāveritis servāverint
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 servāverīs servāverit servāverīmus servāverītis servāverint
pluperfect servāvissem, servāssem1 servāvissēs, servāsses1 servāvisset, servāsset1 servāvissēmus, servāssemus1 servāvissētis, servāssetis1 servāvissent, servāssent1
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 active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives servāre servāvisse, servāsse1 servātūrus esse servārī servātus esse servātum īrī
participles servāns — servātūrus — servātus servandus
verbal nouns gerund supine
nominative genitive dative/ablative accusative accusative ablative
servāre servandī servandō servandum servātum servātū

1At least one rare poetic syncopated perfect form is attested.

Descendants

See also

Noun

servō

  1. dative singular of servus
  2. ablative singular of servus

References

  • 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, 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
  • Julius Pokorny (1959), Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch, in 3 vols, Bern, München: Francke Verlag

Portuguese

Pronunciation

  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈsɛɾvu/
  • Hyphenation: ser‧vo

Etymology 1

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

Noun

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

  1. servant
  2. serf

See also

Etymology 2

Verb

servo

  1. first-person singular (eu) present indicative of servir

Spanish

Noun

servo m (plural servos)

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