S / sub-servĭo
verb intransitive

sub-servĭo

2nd PP sub-servīre · conj. 4th
to be subject to; to serve
to be subject to, to serve (ante-class.).
Lit.: istaec, quae viros subservire Sibi postulant, Plaut. Men. 5, 2, 14; Naev. ap. Front. Ep. 2, 13, p. 62 Nieb. (Com. Rel. p. 22 Rib.).—*
to comply with; accommodate one's self to figuratively
Trop., to comply with, humor, accommodate one's self to: orationi, Ter. And. 4, 3, 20.