servulus
πολλὰ μεταξὺ πέλει κύλικος καὶ χείλεος ἄκρου → there is many a slip twixt cup and lip, there's many a slip twixt cup and lip, there's many a slip 'twixt cup and lip, there's many a slip twixt the cup and the lip, there's many a slip 'twixt the cup and the lip
Latin > English
servulus servuli N M :: young slave
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
servŭlus: (servŏl-), i (
I gen. plur. servulum, App. M. 4, 19), m.
dim. servus, a young slave, servant-lad, Plaut. Capt. 4, 2, 100; id. Men. 2, 2, 64; id. Poen. 1, 2, 58 al.; Ter. And. 1, 1, 56; id. Heaut. 1, 2, 17; 3, 1, 62 al.; Cic. Quint. 6, 27; Plin. Ep. 2, 17, 22; 3, 16, 8 al.—In apposition: homines servolos amare, etc., Plaut. Stich. 3, 1, 37.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
servŭlus,¹¹ ī, m., petit esclave, jeune esclave : Cic. Quinct. 27 ; Pl., Ter.
Latin > German (Georges)
servulus (servolus), ī, m. (Demin. v. servus), der junge Sklave, Komik., Cic. u.a.: homo serv., Apul. met. 8, 26. – / Genet. Plur. servulûm, Apul. met. 4, 19.
