praeservio

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

prae-servĭo, īre, v. a., to serve as a slave (ante- and post-class.).

I Lit.: alicui, Plaut. Am. prol. 124.—

II Trop.: verbum neque numeris, neque generibus praeserviens, Gell. 1, 7, 6.