serus

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Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *sēros, from Proto-Indo-European *seh₁-. Cognate with Old Irish sír, Welsh hwyr. See also sērius.

Pronunciation

Adjective

sērus (feminine sēra, neuter sērum, comparative sērior, superlative sērissimus, adverb sērō); first/second-declension adjective

  1. late, too late
    Synonym: tardus
  2. slow, tardy
    Synonyms: lentus, tardus, languidus
    Antonyms: rapidus, vēlōx, levis, celer, properus, promptus, facilis

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative sērus sēra sērum sērī sērae sēra
Genitive sērī sērae sērī sērōrum sērārum sērōrum
Dative sērō sērō sērīs
Accusative sērum sēram sērum sērōs sērās sēra
Ablative sērō sērā sērō sērīs
Vocative sēre sēra sērum sērī sērae sēra

Derived terms

Descendants

References

  • serus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • serus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • serus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7)‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN

Latvian

Noun

serus m

  1. accusative plural of sers