sub-servĭo, īre, v. n., to be subject to, to serve (ante-class.).
I Lit.: istaec, quae viros subservire Sibi postulant, Plaut. Men. 5, 2, 14; Naev. ap. Front. Ep. 2, 13, p. 62 Nieb. (Com. Rel. p. 22 Rib.).—*
II Trop., to comply with , humor , accommodate one's self to : orationi, Ter. And. 735.