sertum

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Latin

Etymology

Nominalized neuter form of sertus (“bound, encircled”), from serō (“to bind, to encircle”).

Noun

sertum n (genitive sertī); second declension

  1. (usually in the plural) Synonym of serta, wreath
    • 2010, Luigi Miraglia, Fabulae Syrae, Focus, page 92:
      Eorum inter ramos etiamnunc incolae illius loci florum serta ponere solent
      Even now the locals tend to put up wreaths of flowers between their branches.

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

singular plural
nominative sertum serta
genitive sertī sertōrum
dative sertō sertīs
accusative sertum serta
ablative sertō sertīs
vocative sertum serta

Descendants

  • Italian: serto

Verb

sertum

  1. accusative supine of serō

Participle

sertum

  1. inflection of sertus:
    1. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter singular
    2. accusative masculine singular

References

  • “sertum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • sertum 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)
  • sertum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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