Servius

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

Servĭus, i, m.

I A Roman proper name , esp. in the Sulpician gens; whence Servii is sometimes used for Sulpicii, Oth. ap. Tac. H. 2, 48.—Esp., Servius Sulpitius Rufus, an eminent jurist and statesman , contemporary with Cicero , alled Servius, Dig. 47, 2, 76, § 1; Gai. Inst. 2, 244; v. Sulpicius.

II —Hence, Servĭānus , a, um, adj., of or belonging to Servius Sulpitius the jurist , Servian : actio, Dig. 20, 1, 3; for which also simply Servĭāna , ae, ib. 20, 1, 1; 20, 1, 7; 20, 1, 10.—

II Servius Tullius, the sixth king of Rome; v. Tullius.—

III Servius Maurus Honoratus, a grammarian under Valentinian , a commentator on Vergil.