Lewis & Short

sub-servĭo, īre, v. n., to be subject to, to serve (ante-class.).

  1. I. 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.).
  2. * II. Trop., to comply with, humor, accommodate one’s self to: orationi, Ter. And. 4, 3, 20.