serenus

Latin

Etymology

Uncertain, but perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *kseresnos, related to *kseros, whence perhaps also serēscō (“become dry”). See also Ancient Greek ξηρός (xērós), Sanskrit क्षार (kṣārá).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /seˈreː.nus/, [s̠ɛˈreːnʊs̠]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /seˈre.nus/, [seˈrɛːnus]

Adjective

serēnus (feminine serēna, neuter serēnum, adverb serēnē); first/second-declension adjective

1. Clear, fair, bright, serene, tranquil.
2. That clears the sky or brings fair weather.
3. (figuratively) Cheerful, glad, joyous.

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	serēnus	serēna	serēnum		serēnī	serēnae	serēna
Genitive	serēnī	serēnae	serēnī		serēnōrum	serēnārum	serēnōrum
Dative	serēnō		serēnō		serēnīs
Accusative	serēnum	serēnam	serēnum		serēnōs	serēnās	serēna
Ablative	serēnō	serēnā	serēnō		serēnīs
Vocative	serēne	serēna	serēnum		serēnī	serēnae	serēna

Derived terms

• serēnē
• serēnifer
• serēnificus
• serēnitās
• serēnō
• serēnum

Descendants

• Aromanian: sirin
• Catalan: serè
• Dalmatian: saran
• English: serene
• Friulian: seren
• Italian: sereno
• Occitan: seren
• Old French: serein
  • French: serein
• Portuguese: sereno
• Romanian: senin
• Sardinian: assulenu, selenu
• Spanish: sereno
• Venetian: seren

References

• “serenus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “serenus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• serenus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
• “serenus”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers