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sĕrum

whey; any similar fluid

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What it meant

1. serum — de Vaan

serum 'whey; any similar fluid' [n. o] (Cat.+) Pit. *sero-[n.] 'liquid'. PIE *ser-o- [n.] 'flowing, liquid'. IE cognates: Skt sara- 'flowing, liquid' < *sero-, punah-sara- [adj.] 'running back', pr. sisarsi 'flows, runs'; Gr. ορός [m.] 'the watery part of curdled milk, whey' < *soro- cflower, runner'. Serum could be cognate with Skt. sara- and Skt. si-sar- 'to flow, run', although these are usually derived from PIE … — [de Vaan, s.v. serum, p. 572]

2. sĕrum — Lewis & Short

sĕrum, i, n. (collat. form sĕrū, acc. to o)ro/s].

Charis. p. 23 P.) [prob. sibilated from

I The watery part of curdled milk, whey, Plin. 11, 41, 96, § 239; 28, 9, 33, § 126; Col. 7, 12, 10; Verg. G. 3, 406; Tib. 2, 3, 16; Ov. F. 4, 770.—

II Transf., like o)ro/s, of the watery parts, serum, of other things; of resin, Plin. 16, 12, 23, § 60: seminis genitalis, Cat. 80, 8.

3. serum — Walde–Hofmann

serum (serus Char.), -i n. „der wässrige Teil der geronnenen Milch, die Molke, Küsewasser* (seit Verg., rom., ebenso *seräceum; ser&sco, -ere „werde zu saurer Milch" seit Plin): zu gr. öpdg m, , Molken* (zur é-Stufe beim Ntr. s, Schulze KZ. 48, 236 [KI. Schr. 81]), ai. sardh flüssig", zu ai. sar-, sr- „fließt“ (Aor, dsarat), sármah „das Fliefen*, — [Walde–Hofmann, s.v. serum, p. 1431]

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