serenitas

Latin

Etymology

From serēnus (“serene”) +‎ -tās.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [sɛˈreː.nɪ.taːs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [seˈrɛː.ni.t̪as]

Noun

serēnitās f (genitive serēnitātis); third declension

1. serenity, peacefulness

   Synonyms: ōtium, tranquillitās, pāx, quiēs

   Antonyms: sēditiō, tumultus, turba, inquiēs, concursus

2. fine weather
3. (figuratively) favourable conditions

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	serēnitās	serēnitātēs
genitive	serēnitātis	serēnitātum
dative	serēnitātī	serēnitātibus
accusative	serēnitātem	serēnitātēs
ablative	serēnitāte	serēnitātibus
vocative	serēnitās	serēnitātēs

Related terms

• serēnē
• serēnifer
• serēnificus
• serēnō
• serēnum
• serēnus

Descendants

• Aromanian: sirinãtati
• Catalan: serenitat
• English: serenity
• French: sérénité
• Galician: serenidade
• Italian: serenità
• Occitan: serenitat
• Portuguese: serenidade
• Romanian: seninătate
• Spanish: serenidad

References

• “serenitas”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “serenitas”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• "serenitas", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• “serenitas”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.