in-servĭo, īvi or ĭi, ītum, 4 (archaic forms, inservibas, Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 59: inservibat, Sil. 7, 341), v. n. and (rarely) a.,
I to be serviceable , to be devoted or attached to , to be submissive to , to serve (syn.: deservio, ministro); with dat., rarely with acc. (class.).
α With dat.: filium meum amico suo video inservire, Ter. Heaut. 418: a quo plurimum sperant, ei potissimum inserviunt, Cic. Off. 1, 15, 49: plebi, cui ad eam diem summa ope inservitum erat, who had been treated with the utmost deference , Liv. 2, 21, 6: legibus definitionis, Gell. 1, 25, 10.—Of inanim. and abstr. things, to be devoted to , to attend to , take care of : suis commodis, Cic. Fin. 2, 35, 117: temporibus, Nep. Alcib. 1: honoribus, Cic. Off. 2, 1, 4: artibus, id. de Or. 1, 4, 13: vocibus, id. Or. 20, 68: famae, Tac. A. 13, 8.—
β With acc.: si illum inservibis solum, Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 59; id. Poen. 4, 2, 105; cf.: nihil est a me inservitum temporis causa, Cic. Fam. 6, 12, 2.—
γ Absol. : inservientium regum ditissimus, vassal , Tac. H. 2, 81.