Definition of Servile. Meaning of Servile. Synonyms of Servile

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Definition of Servile

Servile
Servile Serv"ile, n. (Gram.) An element which forms no part of the original root; -- opposed to radical.
Servile
Servile Serv"ile, a. [L. servile, fr. servus a servant or slave: cf. F. servile. See Serve.] 1. Of or pertaining to a servant or slave; befitting a servant or a slave; proceeding from dependence; hence, meanly submissive; slavish; mean; cringing; fawning; as, servile flattery; servile fear; servile obedience. She must bend the servile knee. --Thomson. Fearing dying pays death servile breath. --Shak. 2. Held in subjection; dependent; enslaved. Even fortune rules no more, O servile land! --Pope. 3. (Gram.) (a) Not belonging to the original root; as, a servile letter. (b) Not itself sounded, but serving to lengthen the preceeding vowel, as e in tune.

Meaning of Servile from wikipedia

- this oppression by an elite minority eventually led to slave revolts (see roman servile wars ); the third servile war led by spartacus
- he chronicled the three major slave rebellions: in 135–132 bc (the first servile war ), in 104-100 bc (the second servile war ), and in
- slavery in early medieval europe was relatively uncommon, and markedly less so than antiquity and during the european colonization of
- the third servile war (73–71 bc), also called the gladiator war and the war of spartacus by plutarch , was the last of a series of
- the servile wars were a series of three slave revolts ('servile' is derived from 'servus', latin for 'slave') in the late roman republic .
- the first servile war of 135–132 bc was an unsuccessful rebellion of slaves against the roman republic . the war was prompted by slave
- the second servile war was an unsuccessful slave uprising against the roman republic on the island of sicily . the war lasted from 104 bc
- the concept of servile marriage covers marriage whereby a woman may be promised and/or given in marriage without her consent .
- the servile state is a book written by hilaire belloc in 1912 about economics . although it mentions distributism , for which he and his
- (the servile, വിധേയന് is a 1993 india n malayalam film directed and written by adoor gopalakrishnan . it is a cinematic adaptation of the