non serviam Phrase
Meaning:
I will not serve
Comment
Possibly derived from a Vulgate mistranslation of the Book of Jeremiah. Commonly used in literature as Satan's statement of disobedience to God, though in the original context the quote is attributed to Israel, not Satan.
Word-for-word analysis:
A much more detailed analysis with detection of relationships or clauses can be found in our Sentence Analysis! Try it out!
More Information
Embed this Entry on your SiteVocabulary Groups: Not part of any Vocabulary Group.
Find more Latin words with our Advanced Search functionality.
"-" is the shortcut for "this form does not exist"
For Students

Translating a text right now?
Analysing your text word-by-word and detecting ACI, NCI, P.C. and Abl.Abs.!

Studying for tomorrow's vocab revision?
Give a chance to the only Vocabulary Trainer asking for Latin principal parts!
Looking for a professionally instructed Latin course? Try Wheelock's Latin: Chapters 1-15 Lectures.
Add this word to your vocabulary groupMost phrases were taken from Wikipedia under the Creative Commons License.