I.“inservibat,” Sil. 7, 341), v. n. and (rarely) a., to be serviceable, to be devoted or attached to, to be submissive to, to serve (syn.: deservio, ministro); with dat., rarely with acc. (class.).
(α).
With dat.: “filium meum amico suo video inservire,” Ter. Heaut. 3, 1, 9: “a quo plurimum sperant, ei potissimum inserviunt,” Cic. Off. 1, 15, 49: “plebi, cui ad eam diem summa ope inservitum erat,” who had been treated with the utmost deference, Liv. 2, 21, 6: “legibus definitionis,” Gell. 1, 25, 10.—Of inanim. and abstr. things, to be devoted to, to attend to, take care of: “suis commodis,” Cic. Fin. 2, 35, 117: “temporibus,” Nep. Alcib. 1: “honoribus,” Cic. Off. 2, 1, 4: “artibus,” id. de Or. 1, 4, 13: “vocibus,” id. Or. 20, 68: “famae,” Tac. A. 13, 8.—
(β).
With acc.: “si illum inservibis solum,” Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 59; id. Poen. 4, 2, 105; cf.: “nihil est a me inservitum temporis causa,” Cic. Fam. 6, 12, 2.—
