P / prae-servĭo
verb transitive

prae-servĭo

2nd PP prae-servīre · conj. 4th
to serve
to serve as a slave (ante- and post-class.).
Lit.: alicui, Plaut. Am. prol. 124.—
figuratively
Trop.: verbum neque numeris, neque generibus praeserviens, Gell. 1, 7, 6.