serenus

serenus

Latin

Etymology

Uncertain, but a suffixed descendant of Proto-Indo-European *kseros has been suggested.[1]

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /seˈreː.nus/, [sɛˈreː.nʊs]

Adjective

serēnus (feminine serēna, neuter serēnum); first/second declension

1. Clear, fair, bright, serene, tranquil.
2. That clears the sky or brings fair weather.
3. (figuratively) Cheerful, glad, joyous.

Inflection

First/second declension.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	serēnus	serēna	serēnum		serēnī	serēnae	serēna
Genitive	serēnī	serēnae	serēnī		serēnōrum	serēnārum	serēnōrum
Dative	serēnō		serēnō		serēnīs
Accusative	serēnum	serēnam	serēnum		serēnōs	serēnās	serēna
Ablative	serēnō	serēnā	serēnō		serēnīs
Vocative	serēne	serēna	serēnum		serēnī	serēnae	serēna

Derived terms

• serēnē
• serēnifer
• serēnificus

• serēnitās
• serēnō
• serēnum

Descendants

• Aromanian: sirin
• Catalan: serè
• Dalmatian: saran
• English: serene
• French: serein
• Friulian: seren
• Italian: sereno

• Occitan: seren
• Portuguese: sereno
• Romanian: senin
• Sardinian: assulenu, selenu
• Spanish: sereno
• Venetian: seren

References

• serenus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• serenus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• serenus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• serenus in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers

1. The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd ed., Clarendon Press, 1989.