Talk:servile

RFV discussion: August 2019–July 2021
Adverbs derived from second-class adjectives normally end in (as in ), not. Canonicalization (talk) 16:00, 8 August 2019 (UTC)
 * L&S: "Hence, adv., like a slave, slavishly, servilely. a servile: gemens, Claud. B. Gild. 364.", Georges: "Acc. neutr. poet. st. des Adv., servile gemens, Claud. b. Gild. 364." --Trangomaron (talk) 21:19, 8 August 2019 (UTC)
 * "Acc. neutr. poet.": so that would be servīlĕ with a short -ĕ, not with the adverbial suffix -ē. Also, L&S states that "Comp. and sup. of the adj. and adv. do not occur", yet Latisc added them. Canonicalization (talk) 21:42, 8 August 2019 (UTC)
 * Here is the one adverbial use by Claudian, in De Bello Gildonico: servile gemens. The pitiful moans come from a captured lion, called a by the Emperor’s father-in-law relating a prophetic dream. Might it be that the neuter form servile is in agreement with the neuter noun monstrum?  --Lambiam 09:34, 9 August 2019 (UTC)
 * Not answering your question, but having scanned the dactylic hexameter, I can confirm it's a short -ĕ. Canonicalization (talk) 14:12, 10 August 2019 (UTC)


 * I removed the comparative and superlative forms, based on the comments above that they do not occur. Are we considering the citations mentioned above to verify this or to be using a different word (different POS)? - -sche (discuss) 18:55, 8 February 2021 (UTC)


 * RFV-failed based on the comments above. - -sche (discuss) 23:39, 5 July 2021 (UTC)