serenus
Latin
Etymology
Uncertain, but a suffixed descendant of Proto-Indo-European *kseros has been suggested.[1]
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /seˈreː.nus/, [s̠ɛˈreːnʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /seˈre.nus/, [seˈrɛːnus]
Adjective
serēnus (feminine serēna, neuter serēnum, adverb serēnē); first/second-declension adjective
- Clear, fair, bright, serene, tranquil.
- That clears the sky or brings fair weather.
- (figuratively) Cheerful, glad, joyous.
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
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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
Descendants
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
- ^ The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd ed., Clarendon Press, 1989.