serviens

French

Adjective

serviens

1. masculine plural of servien

Latin

Etymology

Present active participle of serviō (“serve, be a slave to”)

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈser.u̯i.ens/, [ˈs̠ɛru̯iẽːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈser.vi.ens/, [ˈsɛrviens]

Participle

serviēns (genitive servientis); third-declension one-termination participle

1. serving, (as a servant or slave)
2. being devoted to, subject to

Declension

Third-declension participle.

Number	Singular			Plural
Case / Gender	Masc./Fem.	Neuter		Masc./Fem.	Neuter
Nominative	serviēns			servientēs	servientia
Genitive	servientis			servientium
Dative	servientī			servientibus
Accusative	servientem	serviēns		servientēs servientīs	servientia
Ablative	serviente servientī1			servientibus
Vocative	serviēns			servientēs	servientia

¹When used purely as an adjective.

Noun

serviēns m (genitive servientis); third declension

1. a sergeant
2. a servant

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	serviēns	servientēs
Genitive	servientis	servientum
Dative	servientī	servientibus
Accusative	servientem	servientēs
Ablative	serviente	servientibus
Vocative	serviēns	servientēs

Descendants

• Catalan: servent
• English: sergeant, servant
• Galician: servente
• Italian: serviente, servente
• Occitan: sirvent
• Old French: sergent
  • French: sergent, servant
  • → Galician: sarxento
  • → Portuguese: sargente, sargento
• Portuguese: servente, serviente
• Spanish: sirviente

References

• serviens in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)