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serenus1

serenus1

clear, unclouded

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What it meant

1. serenus — de Vaan

serenus 'clear, unclouded' [adj. o/a\ (PL+) Derivatives: serescere 'to become dry' (Lucr.). Pit. *(k)sero- 'dry'. PIE *Ksehrro- 'dry'. IE cognates: Gr. ξηρός 'dry, arid', ξερόν [n.] 'dry land', OHG serawen, MHGNHG serbert 'to dry out'. Both forms seem to be built on an unattested stative pr. *sere- 'to be dry'. Lat. *ser~ < *ser- can be due to shortening in pretonic syllable (Dybo's Law). The explanation for the … — [de Vaan, s.v. serenus, p. 570]

2. sĕrēnus — Lewis & Short

sĕrēnus, a, um, adj.Sanscr. svar, sky; Gr. *sei/rios; cf. se/las; Lat. sol,

I clear, fair, bright, serene (class.; esp. freq. in the poets; cf. sudus).
I Lit.: cum tonuit laevum bene tempestate serenā, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 2, 39, 82 (Ann. v. 517 Vahl.): caelo sereno, Lucr. 6, 247; Cic. Fam. 16, 9, 2; Verg. G. 1, 260; 1, 487; id. A. 3, 518; Hor. Epod. 15, 1; id. S. 2, 4, 51; Ov. M. 1, 168; 2, 321 et saep.; cf.: de parte caeli, Lucr. 6, 99: in regione caeli, Verg. A. 8, 528.—Comp.: caelo perfruitur sereniore, Mart. 4, 64, 6; cf. also: o nimium caelo et pelago confise sereno, Verg. A. 5, 870: postquam ex tam turbido die serena et tranquilla lux rediit, Liv. 1, 16, 2: luce, Verg. A. 5, 104: lumen (solis), Lucr. 2, 150: nox, id. 1, 142; Cic. Rep. 1, 15, 23; Verg. G. 1, 426: sidera, Lucr. 4, 212: facies diei, Phaedr. 4, 16, 5: species mundi, Lucr. 4, 134: aër, Plin. 17, 24, 37, § 222: ver, Verg. G. 1, 340: aestas, id. A. 6, 707: stella, Ov. F. 6, 718 et saep.: color (opp. nubilus), bright, clear, Plin. 9, 35, 54, § 107: aqua (with candida), Mart. 6, 42, 19: vox, Pers. 1, 19.—Transf., of a wind that clears the sky, that brings fair weather: hic Favonius serenu'st, istic Auster imbricus, * Plaut. Merc. 5, 2, 35; hence, also, poet.: unde serenas Ventus agat nubes, Verg. G. 1, 461.—
2 As subst.: sĕrēnum, i, n., a clear, bright, or serene sky, fair weather (not in Cic.): ponito pocillum in sereno noctu, during a fine night, Cato, R. R. 156, 3; more freq. simply sereno: Priverni sereno per diem totum rubrum solem fuisse, Liv. 31, 12, 5; 37, 3, 2: quare et sereno tonat, Sen. Q. N. 2, 18; Plin. 11, 24, 28, § 84 (opp. nubilo), Pall. 1, 30, 3; Luc. 1, 530: liquido ac puro sereno, Suet. Aug. 95: nitido sereno, Sil. 5, 58: cottidie serenum cum est, Varr. R. R. 3, 10, 4: laesique fides reditura sereni, Stat. S. 3, 1, 81: serenum nitidum micat, Mart. 6, 42, 8.—Plur.: caeli serena Concutiat sonitu, Lucr. 2, 1100: soles et aperta serena, Verg. G. 1, 393: nostra, Val. Fl. 1, 332.—
II Trop.
1 Cheerful, glad, joyous, tranquil, serene (syn.: laetus, tranquillus, secundus): vita, Lucr. 2, 1094 Lachm.: horae (with albus dies), Sil. 15, 53: rebus serenis servare modum, in propitious or favorable circumstances, in good fortune, id. 8, 546: vultus, Lucr. 3, 293; Cat. 55, 8; Hor. C. 1, 37, 26; Ov. Tr. 1, 5, 27: frons tranquilla et serena, Cic. Tusc. 3, 15, 31: pectora processu facta serena tuo, Ov. Tr. 1, 9, 40: animus, id. ib. 1, 1, 39: oculi, Sil. 7, 461: Augustus, Ov. P. 2, 2, 65: laetitia, Just. 44, 2, 4: imperium, Sil. 14, 80: res, id. 8, 546: sereno vitae tempore, Auct. Her. 4, 48, 61: vita, Lucr. 2, 1094: temperatus (sanguis) medium quoddam serenum efficit, Quint. 11, 3, 78; cf.: tandem aliquid, pulsā curarum nube serenum Vidi, Ov. P. 2, 1, 5.—
2 SERENVS, an epithet of Jupiter (whose brow was always serene), Inscr. Murat. 1978, 5; cf. Serenator; hence, Martial calls Domitian: Jovem serenum, Mart. 5, 6, 9; 9, 25, 3.—
3 Serenissimus, a title of the Roman emperors, Cod. Just. 5, 4, 23.

3. Sĕrēnus — Lewis & Short

Sĕrēnus, i, m.; Sĕrēna, ae, f.1. serenus,

I a proper name.
I Q. Serenus Sammonicus, a physician under Septimius Severus, Spart. Get. 5, 5; Macr. 3, 16, 6.—
II Q. Serenus Sammonicus, son of the preceding, author of a poem, De Medicina, still extant, Lampr. Alex. 30, 2; cf. Teuffel's Roem. Lit. 379, 4.—
III Serena, the wife of Stilicho, and mother-in-law of the emperor Honorius, celebrated by Claudian in a special poem (Laus Serenae Reginae).

Where it came from

  • de Vaan, Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Brill 2008) Treated in de Vaan, Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Brill 2008) s.v. serenus (scan p. 570; entry #1603). Root candidates: *sere-, *ser-.
  • Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine Treated in Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine s.v. serénus (scan p. 640; entry #10582).

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