that clears the sky

sĕrēnus, a, um, adj. [Sanscr. svar, sky; Gr. Seirios; cf. selas; Lat. sol], clear, fair, bright, serene (class.; esp. freq. in the poets; cf. sudus).

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.—

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.—

Trop.

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.—

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.—

Serenissimus, a title of the Roman emperors, Cod. Just. 5, 4, 23.

Sĕrēnus, i, m.; Sĕrēna, ae, f. [1. serenus], a proper name.

Q. Serenus Sammonicus, a physician under Septimius Severus, Spart. Get. 5, 5; Macr. 3, 16, 6.—

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.—

Serena, the wife of Stilicho, and mother-in-law of the emperor Honorius, celebrated by Claudian in a special poem (Laus Serenae Reginae).

sĕrēnus, a, um, adj. [Sanscr. svar, sky; Gr. Seirios; cf. selas; Lat. sol], clear, fair, bright, serene (class.; esp. freq. in the poets; cf. sudus).

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.—

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.—

Trop.

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.—

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.—

Serenissimus, a title of the Roman emperors, Cod. Just. 5, 4, 23.

Sĕrēnus, i, m.; Sĕrēna, ae, f. [1. serenus], a proper name.

Q. Serenus Sammonicus, a physician under Septimius Severus, Spart. Get. 5, 5; Macr. 3, 16, 6.—

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.—

Serena, the wife of Stilicho, and mother-in-law of the emperor Honorius, celebrated by Claudian in a special poem (Laus Serenae Reginae).

sĕrēnus, a, um, adj. [Sanscr. svar, sky; Gr. Seirios; cf. selas; Lat. sol], clear, fair, bright, serene (class.; esp. freq. in the poets; cf. sudus).

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.—

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.—

Trop.

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.—

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.—

Serenissimus, a title of the Roman emperors, Cod. Just. 5, 4, 23.

Sĕrēnus, i, m.; Sĕrēna, ae, f. [1. serenus], a proper name.

Q. Serenus Sammonicus, a physician under Septimius Severus, Spart. Get. 5, 5; Macr. 3, 16, 6.—

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.—

Serena, the wife of Stilicho, and mother-in-law of the emperor Honorius, celebrated by Claudian in a special poem (Laus Serenae Reginae).