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Servĭus, i, m.

  1. 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.
    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.
  2. II. Servius Tullius, the sixth king of Rome; v. Tullius.
  3. III. Servius Maurus Honoratus, a grammarian under Valentinian, a commentator on Vergil.