servile

a. [ L. servile, fr. servus a servant or slave: cf. F. servile. See Serve. ] 1. Of or pertaining to a servant or slave; befitting a servant or a slave; proceeding from dependence; hence, meanly submissive; slavish; mean; cringing; fawning; as, servile flattery; servile fear; servile obedience. [ 1913 Webster ]

She must bend the servile knee. Thomson. [ 1913 Webster ]

Fearing dying pays death servile breath. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Held in subjection; dependent; enslaved. [ 1913 Webster ]

Even fortune rules no more, O servile land! Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Gram.) (a) Not belonging to the original root; as, a servile letter. (b) Not itself sounded, but serving to lengthen the preceeding vowel, as e in tune. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Gram.) An element which forms no part of the original root; -- opposed to radical. [ 1913 Webster ]