English → Latin
“servile” in Latin
humilislow, lowly, small, slight; shallow; base, mean, humble, obscure, poor, needy, insignificant, low; short, not tall (of phillīberālisignoble, ungenerous, sordid, mean, disobliging; niggardly, graspingabiciōto throw or hurl down or away, cast or push away or aside; to give up, abandon; expose; discard; to humble, degrade, redservīlisslave; slavish; servileanimuslife, life force, soul, vitality (that life-giving aspect which animates a thing); conscience, intellect, mind, reason,
The English word servile itself goes back to Latin servus, through servīlis.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
servile
PROP., servllis.
Figuratively, humilis, illiberalis, abjectus (e.g., animus): servile, imitators, servum pecus imitatorum (Hor., Ep., 1, 19, 19): servile imitation, servilis imitatio (Ruhnken).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for servile?
- The usual Latin words for “servile” are humilis, illīberālis, abiciō; also servīlis, animus. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.