Servius

Servĭus, i, m.

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.—

II.

Servius Tullius, the sixth king of Rome; v. Tullius.—

III.

Servius Maurus Honoratus, a grammarian under Valentinian, a commentator on Vergil.