seram
Dictionary entries
- Entry →sero, serere, serui, sertus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation
- Frequency:
- Lesser
wreath; join, entwine, interweave, bind together; compose; contrive;; sow, plant; strew, scatter, spread; cultivate; beget, bring forth;
sg. fut. act. ind. 1stsg. pres. act. subj. 1st - Entry →sero, serere, sevi, satus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation
- Frequency:
- Lesser
sow, plant; strew, scatter, spread; cultivate; beget, bring forth;
sg. pluperf. act. ind. 1st - Entry →sera, serae:
Feminine · Noun · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
bar (for fastening doors); rail of post and rail fence; lock (Cal);
acc. sg. - Entry →serus, sera -um, serior -or -us, serissimus -a -um:
Adjective · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Frequent
late; too late; slow, tardy; after the expected/proper time; at a late hour;
acc. sg. (f.) - Entry →severus, severa -um, severior -or -us, severissimus -a -um:
Adjective · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Frequent
stern, strict, severe; grave, austere; weighty, serious; unadorned, plain;
acc. sg. (f.) - —
Syncopated perfect often drops the 'v' and contracts vowel
Examples
Satura VI
Decimus Iunius Iuvenalis (Juvenal) from SATVRAE
"...aras? [audio quid ueteres olim moneatis amici, 'pone seram, cohibe.' sed quis custodiet ipsos custodes? cauta..."Liber VI
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...requiris? Centum quadrantes abstuli illa mihi. Cum peteret seram media iam nocte matellam arguto madidus pollice Panaretus, Spoletina..."Liber II
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...Selium nubila uides, Rufe, quod ambulator porticum terit seram, lugubre quiddam quod tacet piger uoltus, quod paene terram..."Libri XIV-XV
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...Quid ais? philosophia homines docuit habere clavem et seram? Quid aliud erat avaritiae signum dare? Philosophia haec..."de Tranquillitate Animi
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from DIALOGI
"...publica exhortabatur, et diuitibus opes suas metuentibus exprobrabat seram periculosae auaritiae paenitentiam, et imitari uolentibus magnum circumferebat exemplar..."
Liber Nonus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...ferus Hippomedon quamquam iam sentit inane auxilium et seram rapto pro corpore pugnam, it tamen et caecum rotat..."Res Gestae II
Caesar Augustus from Res Gestae Divi Augusti
"...usque ad e]um d[iem, quo scrip]seram [haec, per annos] quadra[ginta. Pon]tifex [maximus, augur..."Persa
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...ferreis, ferreas aedis commutes, limina indas ferrea, ferream seram atque anellum; ne sis ferro parseris: ferreas tute tibi..."
