# servo
## English
### Pronunciation

* (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈsɜː.vəʊ/
* (General American) IPA: /ˈsɝ.voʊ/
* Audio (General Australian):(file)
* Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)vəʊ

### Etymology 1

Clipping of servomotor.

#### Noun

servo (plural servos)
* 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

* servocontrol
* servocontroller
* servo-driven
* servosystem

#### Verb

servo (third-person singular simple present servos, present participle servoing, simple past and past participle servoed)
* To control by means of servocontrol

### Etymology 2

Clipping of service station +‎ -o.

#### Noun

servo (plural servos)
* (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.
** 2002, Alex Miller, Journey to the Stone Country, Allen & Unwin, published 2003, page 83:Two hours later Susan pulled the Pajero off the road onto the floodlit apron of the servo at the end of the Bowen bypass.
** 2008, Roz Hopkins, Pumped, page 12:Crude oil is purchased in US dollars, so the price of the petrol at your local servo is heavily influenced by the rate of exchange between the greenback and the Aussie dollar.
** 2011 July 16, “Beechboro servo bandit escapes with cash”, in The West Australian:
** 2011 July 17, “Teen arrested over servo robbery”, in Illawarra Mercury:

### Anagrams

* Vores, overs, roves, verso, vores

## Esperanto
### Etymology

From servi (“to serve”) +‎ -o.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈservo/
* Rhymes: -ervo

### Noun

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

#### Derived terms

* Diservo
* militservo

## Finnish
### Etymology

From English servo.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈserʋo/, [ˈs̠e̞rʋo̞]
* Rhymes: -erʋo
* Hyphenation: ser‧vo

### Noun

servo
* servo

#### Declension

Possessive forms of servo (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
servoni
servoni
accusative
nom.
servoni
servoni
gen.
servoni
genitive
servoni
servojeni
partitive
servoani
servojani
inessive
servossani
servoissani
elative
servostani
servoistani
illative
servooni
servoihini
adessive
servollani
servoillani
ablative
servoltani
servoiltani
allative
servolleni
servoilleni
essive
servonani
servoinani
translative
servokseni
servoikseni
abessive
servottani
servoittani
instructive
comitative
—servoineni
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
servosi
servosi
accusative
nom.
servosi
servosi
gen.
servosi
genitive
servosi
servojesi
partitive
servoasi
servojasi
inessive
servossasi
servoissasi
elative
servostasi
servoistasi
illative
servoosi
servoihisi
adessive
servollasi
servoillasi
ablative
servoltasi
servoiltasi
allative
servollesi
servoillesi
essive
servonasi
servoinasi
translative
servoksesi
servoiksesi
abessive
servottasi
servoittasi
instructive
comitative
—servoinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
servomme
servomme
accusative
nom.
servomme
servomme
gen.
servomme
genitive
servomme
servojemme
partitive
servoamme
servojamme
inessive
servossamme
servoissamme
elative
servostamme
servoistamme
illative
servoomme
servoihimme
adessive
servollamme
servoillamme
ablative
servoltamme
servoiltamme
allative
servollemme
servoillemme
essive
servonamme
servoinamme
translative
servoksemme
servoiksemme
abessive
servottamme
servoittamme
instructive
comitative
—servoinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
servonne
servonne
accusative
nom.
servonne
servonne
gen.
servonne
genitive
servonne
servojenne
partitive
servoanne
servojanne
inessive
servossanne
servoissanne
elative
servostanne
servoistanne
illative
servoonne
servoihinne
adessive
servollanne
servoillanne
ablative
servoltanne
servoiltanne
allative
servollenne
servoillenne
essive
servonanne
servoinanne
translative
servoksenne
servoiksenne
abessive
servottanne
servoittanne
instructive
comitative
—servoinenne
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
servonsa
servonsa
accusative
nom.
servonsa
servonsa
gen.
servonsa
genitive
servonsa
servojensa
partitive
servoaan servoansa
servojaan servojansa
inessive
servossaan servossansa
servoissaan servoissansa
elative
servostaan servostansa
servoistaan servoistansa
illative
servoonsa
servoihinsa
adessive
servollaan servollansa
servoillaan servoillansa
ablative
servoltaan servoltansa
servoiltaan servoiltansa
allative
servolleen servollensa
servoilleen servoillensa
essive
servonaan servonansa
servoinaan servoinansa
translative
servokseen servoksensa
servoikseen servoiksensa
abessive
servottaan servottansa
servoittaan servoittansa
instructive
comitative
—servoineen servoinensa :

#### Derived terms

* servomoottori
* servotekniikka

### Further reading

* “servo”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03

### Anagrams

* verso

## Galician
### Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese servo (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin servus.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈsɛɾbo/ [ˈs̺ɛɾ.β̞ʊ]
* Rhymes: -ɛɾbo

### Noun

servo m (plural servos, feminine serva, feminine plural servas)
* serf
    Antonyms: amo, señor
* servant

### References

* Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “servo”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “servo”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “servo”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “servo”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “servo”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

## Italian
### Etymology 1

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

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈsɛr.vo/
* Rhymes: -ɛrvo
* Hyphenation: sèr‧vo

#### Adjective

servo (feminine serva, masculine plural servi, feminine plural serve)
* (literary) servile (of or pertaining to a slave)
** 1310s, Dante Alighieri, “Canto VI”, in Purgatorio [Purgatory]‎, lines 76–78; republished as Giorgio Petrocchi, editor, La Commedia secondo l'antica vulgata [The Commedia according to the ancient vulgate]‎, 2nd revised edition, Florence: publ. Le Lettere, 1994:Ahi serva Italia, di dolore ostello, nave sanza nocchiere in gran tempesta, non donna di provincie, ma bordello!Ah! servile Italy, grief's hostelry! A ship without a pilot in great tempest! No Lady thou of Provinces, but brothel!
** 1763, Giuseppe Parini, “Il mattino [Morning]”, in Opere dell'abate Giuseppe Parini - Volume primo [Works of abbot Giuseppe Parini - Volume one]‎, Venice: Giacomo Storti, published 1803, page 126:[…] le serve braccia Fornien di leve onnipotenti, ond’alto Salisser poi piramidi, obelischiThey endowed the servile arms with all-powerful levers, so that pyramids and obelisks could then rise
** 1821, Alessandro Manzoni, Il cinque maggio [The Fifth of May]‎, collected in Opere varie di Alessandro Manzoni, Fratelli Rechiedei, published 1881, page 690, lines 17–20:Di mille voci al sonito Mista la sua non ha: Vergin di servo encomio E di codardo oltraggioWith the thousand resounding voices his one does not mix, free from all taint of servile praise and cowardly insult

#### Noun

servo m (plural servi, feminine serva)
* (literary) slave
    Synonym: schiavo
* servant
    Synonyms: servitore, domestico

##### Related terms

* servigio
* servile
* servire
* servitù
* servizio
* servo-

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

servo
* first-person singular present indicative of servire

### Anagrams

* sevro, verso, versò

## Latin
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /ˈser.u̯oː/, [ˈs̠ɛru̯oː]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /ˈser.vo/, [ˈsɛrvo]

### Verb

servō (present infinitive servāre, perfect active servāvī, supine servātum); first conjugation
* to maintain, keep
    Synonyms: teneo, obtineō, retineo, capio, contineō, comprehendo, obsideo, sustineo
** 165 BCE, Publius Terentius Afer, Hecyra 3.3.42:Pollicitus sum et servāre in eō certumst quod dīxī fidem.I’ve made a promise and it’s certain that I shall keep what I said.
** 23 BCE – 13 BCE, Horace, Odes 2.3.1–2:Aequam mementō rēbus in arduīs servāre mentem […] Remember to maintain a level mind in difficult situations […]
* to protect, save, keep, guard, safeguard, watch over
    Synonyms: salvō, tūtor, vindicō, cū̆stōdiō, sospitō, teneō, adimō, prōtegō, tegō, adsum, sustineō, dēfendō, tueor, prohibeō, arceō, mūniō, ēripiō
    Antonyms: immineō, īnstō, obiectō
** 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 1.546–548:“Quem sī Fāta virum servant, sī vēscitur aurā aetheriā, neque adhūc crūdēlibus occubat umbrīs, nōn metus [...].”“If the Fates protect this man, if he breathes in the upper air, and neither still has he fallen among the cruel shades, [have] no fear [...].” (Ilioneus, speaking of Aeneas, assures Queen Dido regarding the Trojan presence in Carthage.)
* to give heed to, pay attention to; watch, observe any thing
    Synonyms: observō, conspiciō, cōnspicor, cū̆stōdiō, animadvertō, caveō, intueor
* to save, to deliver, rescue [with (Classical Latin) ex (+ ablative) or (Late Latin) ab (+ ablative) ‘from’]
    Synonyms: līberō, eximō, absolvō, vindicō, excipiō
    Antonyms: refrēnō, coerceō, saepiō, officiō, obstō, comprimō, impediō, arceō, supprimō
** 54 BCE – 51 BCE, Cicero, De re publica 1.3.5:Hinc enim illa et apud Graecōs exempla, Miltiadem, victōrem domitōremque Persārum, nōndum sānātīs volneribus iīs, quae corpore adversō in clārissima victōriā accēpisset, vītam ex hostium tēlīs servātam in cīvium vinclīs prōfūdisse, et Themistoclem patriā, quam līberāvisset, pulsum atque prōterritum non in Graeciae portūs per sē servātōs, sed in barbariae sinūs cōnfūgisse, quam adflīxerat.Hence these examples among the Greeks as well: Miltiades, victor and conqueror of the Persians, to have spilt his life, preserved from enemies’ weapons, in the chains of his citizens, with the wounds received on the front of his body in the course of the most glorious victory not yet healed; and Themistocles, banished and driven away from the country he had freed, to have fled not to the harbours of Greece, saved by himself, but to the gulfs of a foreign country, which he had oppressed.
** c. 77 CE – 79 CE, Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 7.29.103:Super omnia Capitōlium summamque rem in eō sōlus ā Gallīs servāverat, sī nōn regnō suō servasset.Above all [‌Lucius Siccius Dentatus] had singlehandedly saved the Capitol and the state treasure therein from the Gauls—had he only not saved it for his own reign.
* to preserve, store, keep, reserve
** 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 1.207:Dūrāte, et vōsmet rēbus servāte secundīs.Endure, and preserve yourselves for favourable things.
* (figurative) to permit, allow

#### Conjugation

$^1$At least one use of the Old Latin "sigmatic future" and "sigmatic aorist" tenses is attested, which are used by Old Latin writers; most notably Plautus and Terence. The sigmatic future is generally ascribed a future or future perfect meaning, while the sigmatic aorist expresses a possible desire ("might want to"). $^2$At least one rare poetic syncopated perfect form is attested.

#### Related terms

* asservō
* cōnservō
* inservō
* observō
* perservō
* praeservō
* reservō

#### Descendants

* Aromanian: sãrbedz, sãrbari
* Italian: servare, serbare
* Occitan: servar
* Romanian: serba, serbare
* Sicilian: sarbari

#### See also

* serviō

### Noun

servō
* dative/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
* servo in Enrico Olivetti, editor (2003-2025), Dizionario Latino, Olivetti Media Communication
* Julius Pokorny (1959), Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch, in 3 vols, Bern, München: Francke Verlag

## Portuguese
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* Audio (Brazil):(file)
* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈsɛʁ.vu/ [ˈsɛɦ.vu]
* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈsɛʁ.vu/ [ˈsɛɦ.vu]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /ˈsɛɾ.vu/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /ˈsɛʁ.vu/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ˈsɛɻ.vo/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈsɛɾ.vu/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈsɛɾ.vu/
** (Northern Portugal) IPA: /ˈsɛɾ.bu/ [ˈsɛɾ.βu]
* Hyphenation: ser‧vo

### Noun

servo m (plural servos, feminine serva, feminine plural servas)
* servant
* serf

#### Related terms

* servir
* serviço
* serviçal
* servente

#### See also

* criado
* escravo

## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈseɾbo/ [ˈseɾ.β̞o]
* Rhymes: -eɾbo
* Syllabification: ser‧vo

### Noun

servo m (plural servos)
* Abbreviation of servomecanismo.
* Abbreviation of servomotor.

### Further reading

* “servo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

## Swedish
### Noun

servo c
* servo

#### Derived terms

* bromsservo
* servomotor
* servostyrning
* servosystem

### References

* servo in Svensk ordbok (SO)
* servo in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
* servo in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)