LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
verbfourth conjugation

dēserviō

dēserviō (present infinitive dēservīre, perfect active dēservīvī or dēserviī, supine dēservītum)
Classical[deːˈsɛr.wi.oː]Ecclesiastical[deˈs̬ɛr.vi.o]

Meaning

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

Conjugation conjugation 4

active indicative
formpresentimperfectfutureperfectpluperfectfut. perfect
1st sg.dēserviōdēserviēbamdēserviamdēservīvī
dēserviī		dēservīveram
dēservieram		dēservīverō
dēservierō
2nd sg.dēservīsdēserviēbāsdēserviēsdēservīvistī
dēserviistī		dēservīverās
dēservierās		dēservīveris
dēservieris
3rd sg.dēservitdēserviēbatdēservietdēservīvit
dēserviit		dēservīverat
dēservierat		dēservīverit
dēservierit
1st pl.dēservīmusdēserviēbāmusdēserviēmusdēservīvimus
dēserviimus		dēservīverāmus
dēservierāmus		dēservīverimus
dēservierimus
2nd pl.dēservītisdēserviēbātisdēserviētisdēservīvistis
dēserviistis		dēservīverātis
dēservierātis		dēservīveritis
dēservieritis
3rd pl.dēserviuntdēserviēbantdēservientdēservīvērunt
dēservīvēre, dēserviērunt, dēserviēre		dēservīverant
dēservierant		dēservīverint
dēservierint
active subjunctive
active subjunctive
formpresentimperfectperfectpluperfect
1st sg.dēserviamdēservīremdēservīverim
dēservierim		dēservīvissem
dēserviissem
2nd sg.dēserviāsdēservīrēsdēservīverīs
dēservierīs		dēservīvissēs
dēserviissēs
3rd sg.dēserviatdēservīretdēservīverit
dēservierit		dēservīvisset
dēserviisset
1st pl.dēserviāmusdēservīrēmusdēservīverīmus
dēservierīmus		dēservīvissēmus
dēserviissēmus
2nd pl.dēserviātisdēservīrētisdēservīverītis
dēservierītis		dēservīvissētis
dēserviissētis
3rd pl.dēserviantdēservīrentdēservīverint
dēservierint		dēservīvissent
dēserviissent
passive indicative
passive indicative
formpresentimperfectfuture
1st sg.dēserviordēserviēbardēserviar
2nd sg.dēservīris
dēservīre		dēserviēbāris
dēserviēbāre		dēserviēris
dēserviēre
3rd sg.dēservīturdēserviēbāturdēserviētur
1st pl.dēservīmurdēserviēbāmurdēserviēmur
2nd pl.dēservīminīdēserviēbāminīdēserviēminī
3rd pl.dēserviunturdēserviēbanturdēservientur
passive subjunctive
passive subjunctive
formpresentimperfect
1st sg.dēserviardēservīrer
2nd sg.dēserviāris
dēserviāre		dēservīrēris
dēservīrēre
3rd sg.dēserviāturdēservīrētur
1st pl.dēserviāmurdēservīrēmur
2nd pl.dēserviāminīdēservīrēminī
3rd pl.dēservianturdēservīrentur
imperative
imperative
formactivepassive
pres. 2nd sg.dēservīdēservīre
pres. 2nd pl.dēservītedēservīminī
fut. 2nd sg.dēservītōdēservītor
fut. 3rd sg.dēservītōdēservītor
fut. 2nd pl.dēservītōte—
fut. 3rd pl.dēserviuntōdēserviuntor
infinitives & participles
infinitives & participles
formactivepassive
present infinitivedēservīredēservīrī
perfect infinitivedēservīvisse
dēserviisse		dēservītum esse
future infinitivedēservītūrum essedēservītum īrī
present participledēserviēns—
perfect participle—dēservītus
dēservīta, dēservītā, dēservītae, dēservītam, dēservītārum, dēservītās, dēservītī, dēservītōrum, dēservītōs
future participledēservītūrus
dēservītūra, dēservītūrā, dēservītūrae, dēservītūram, dēservītūrārum, dēservītūrās, dēservītūre, dēservītūrī, dēservītūrīs, dēservītūrō, dēservītūrōrum, dēservītūrōs, dēservītūrum		dēserviendus
dēserviundus, dēservienda, dēserviendā, dēserviendae, dēserviendam, dēserviendārum, dēserviendās, dēserviende, dēserviendīs, dēserviendōrum, dēserviendōs
gerunddēserviendī, dēserviendō, dēserviendumsupinedēservītum, dēservītū

dē-servĭo, īre,
I. v. n., to serve zealously, be devoted to, subject to (rare, but class.): valetudini tuae, dum mihi deservis, servisti non satis, Cic. Fam. 16, 18: cuivis, id. Off. 1, 30, 109: amicis, id. Sull. 9: grammatico soli deserviamus, deinde geometrae? Quint. 1, 12, 6: (Epicurei) sibi indulgentes et corpori deservientes, Cic. Leg. 1, 13, 39: studiis, Plin. Ep. 7, 7, 3: honoribus, id. Pan. 77, 6: Deo meo, Vulg. Act. 24, 14.—
B. Of subjects not personal: si officia, si operae, si vigiliae deserviunt amicis, praesto sunt omnibus, Cic. Sull. 9: nec unius oculis flumina, fontes, maria deserviunt, Plin. Pan. 50, 1; cf.: quoddam deserviens his (sc. oculis) ministerium, Quint. 11, 3, 77.

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*de
  2. Proto-Indo-European*déh₁
  3. Proto-Italic*dē
  4. Latindēserviō

Latin de- Proto-Indo-European *ser- Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *serwos Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *serweyéti Proto-Italic *serwijeti Proto-Italic *serwijit Proto-Italic *serwiō Latin serviō Latin dēserviō From de- + serviō.

Descendants
  • Englishdeservefrom Old French deservir
  • Frenchdesservirfrom Old French deservir

Quick answers

What does dēserviō mean in Latin?
dēserviō, a verb, means “to serve zealously; to devote (oneself) to; to be subject to”.
What are the principal parts of dēserviō?
dēserviō, dēservīre, dēservīvī, dēservītum (fourth conjugation).
How do you pronounce dēserviō?
In classical Latin, [deːˈsɛr.wi.oː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [deˈs̬ɛr.vi.o].
Where does dēserviō come from?
Proto-Indo-European *de → Proto-Indo-European *déh₁ → Proto-Italic *dē → Latin dēserviō.