English

Noun

servo ‎(plural servos)

1. 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
• servosystem

Etymology 2

From service station +‎ -o ‎(“diminutive suffix”).

Noun

servo ‎(plural servos)

1. (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.

   Man arrested after allegedly driving car through servo — title of Australian Broadcasting Commission News Radio item, 3 June 2005

   • 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, The West Australian.
   • 2011 July 17, Teen arrested over servo robbery, Illawarra Mercury.

Anagrams

• overs
• roves
• verso

Esperanto

Noun

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

1. service

Derived terms

• Diservo

Finnish

Noun

servo

1. servo

Declension

Italian

Etymology

From Latin servus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɛr.vo/

Noun

servo m ‎(plural servi, feminine serva)

1. servant

Synonyms

• servitore, domestico

Related terms

• servigio
• servile
• servire
• servitù
• servizio
• servo-

Verb

servo

1. first-person singular present indicative of servire

Anagrams

• verso, versò

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈser.woː/, [ˈsɛr.woː]

Verb

servō ‎(present infinitive servāre, perfect active servāvī, supine servātum); first conjugation

1. I maintain, keep
   • Horatius, Carmina, Book II, Ode III, line 1.

     Aequam memento rebus in arduis servare mentem

     Remember to maintain a level mind in difficult affairs.

2. I protect, keep, guard, watch over
3. I save

   • Servā nōs, domine!

4. I preserve, store, keep
   • Vergilius, Aeneis; Book I, line 207

     Durate, et vosmet rebus servate secundis.

     Endure, and preserve yourselves for better things.

5. (figuratively) I permit, allow

Inflection

Related terms

Descendants

See also

• serviō

Noun

servō

1. dative singular of servus
2. 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
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “servo”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (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
    
• Julius Pokorny (1959), Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch, in 3 vols, Bern, München: Francke Verlag

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈsɛɾvu/
• Hyphenation: ser‧vo

Etymology 1

From Latin servus, perhaps of Etruscan origin.

Noun

servo m (plural servos, feminine serva, feminine plural servas)

1. servant
2. serf

Related terms

• serviço
• serviçal
• servente
• criado
• escravo

Etymology 2

Verb

servo

1. first-person singular (eu) present indicative of servir