Sĕrēnus

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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).

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dē-porto, āvi, ātum, 1 ( arch. inf. pass. deportarier, Ter. Ph. 5, 7, 85), v. a., to carry or convey down; to carry off, to convey away (freq. and good prose).

In gen.:

de fundo tigna et oleam ne deportato,

Cato R. R. 144, 3: arma Brundisium jumentis, Pomp. ap. Cic. Att. 8, 12 A. fin.: frumentum in castra. Caes. B. C. 1, 60, 3:

ossa ejus in Cappadociam ad matrem,

Nep. Eum. 13 fin.:

corpus Augusti Romam,

Suet. Claud. 6; cf. id. Aug. 100:

aliquem per vicos,

id. ib. 78 fin. et saep.: [p. 551] ut te Leucadem deportaret, Cic. Fam. 16, 5:

naves partem exercitus eo deportaverant,

Caes. B. C. 1, 27;

so of transporting by water,

id. B. G. 3, 12, 3; Liv. 43, 6; Suet. Tib. 18:

quos (serpentes) flumina deportant,

Plin. 6, 27, 31, § 136:

lucem,

id. 2, 103, 106, § 234:

arcam,

Vulg. 1 Par. 15, 25. —

In partic. as a t. t.

To bring or fetch home any thing from the provinces:

victorem exercitum,

Cic. de Imp. Pomp. 21; so Liv. 26, 21; 30, 40 fin. al.:

Tertia tua, quam tu tecum deportaras,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 16:

cum aliud nihil ex tanta praeda domum suam deportavisset,

id. Rep. 1, 14.—

Transf., of abstract objects, to carry away, i. e. to get, acquire:

tertium triumphum,

Cic. Off. 1, 22 fin.; cf.

lauream,

Tac. A. 2, 26 fin.; and:

gloriam ex illis gentibus,

Curt. 9, 10:

si nihil aliud de hac provincia nisi illius benevolentiam deportassem,

Cic. Att. 6, 1, 7:

te (sc. Atticum) non cognomen solum Athenis deportasse, sed humanitatem et prudentiam intellego,

id. de Sen. 1:

nihil ex ista provincia potes, quod jucundius sit, deportare,

id. Fam. 7, 15 fin.:

ex Asia deportatum flagitium ac dedecus,

id. Mur. 5, 12.—

To banish, transport, for life (attended with loss of citizenship and testatorship, both of which the relegatus retained, v. Dig. 48, 22, 7, § 3; id. 28, 1, 8—mostly post-Aug.—

for syn. also cf.: exsilio afficio or multo, in exsilium pello or eicio, expello, exigo): inter poenas est etiam insulae deportatio, quae poena adimit civitatem Romanam, etc.,

Dig. 48, 22, 7, § 2 sq.:

Vibius Serenus in insulam Amorgum deportatur,

Tac. A. 4, 13:

ut liberti quoque Italia deportarentur,

id. ib. 14, 45:

in reis deportatis,

Quint. 5, 2, 1.—

Transf.:

non hoc publicitus scelus hinc deportarier In solas terras?

Ter. Ph. 5, 7, 85.

immōtus ( inm-), a, um, adj. [in-motus], unmoved, immovable, motionless (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose).

Lit.:

(illa arbor) immota manet,

Verg. G. 2, 293:

(Ceres) Sub Jove duravit multis immota diebus,

Ov. F. 4, 505:

supercilia (opp. mobilia),

Quint. 11, 3, 79:

sceptrum,

id. ib. §

158: aquae,

i. e. frozen, Ov. Tr. 3, 10, 38:

aër,

Plin. 17, 24, 36, § 222:

apum examina,

Col. 9, 4, 19:

serenus et immotus dies,

calm, Tac. H. 1, 86; Plin. Ep. 2, 7, 6; id. Pan. 82:

terrarum pondus sedet immotum,

Sen. Prov. 1, 2:

mare,

id. Suas. 1, 1:

cervix,

id. ib. 6, 17:

legio,

Tac. A. 14, 37:

vultus,

id. ib. 2, 29. —

Trop., unmoved, unshaken, undisturbed, steadfast, firm:

mens immota manet,

Verg. A. 4, 449:

manent immota tuorum Fata tibi,

id. ib. 1, 257; cf.:

immota manet fatis Lavinia conjux,

id. ib. 7, 314:

immotas praebet mugitibus aures,

unmoved, Ov. M. 15, 465:

nympha procis,

Val. Fl. 5, 112:

adversus turmas acies,

Liv. 10, 14, 16; 21, 55, 10:

immotus iis,

Tac. A. 15, 59:

immota aut modice lacessita pax,

id. ib. 4, 32:

fides sociis,

Val. Fl. 3, 598:

felicis animi immota tranquillitas, Sen. de Ira, 2, 12, 6: constantia,

id. Const. 5, 4:

gaudium,

id. Vit. Beat. 4, 5:

animus,

Lact. 6, 17, 22.— In neutr.:

si mihi non animo fixum immotumque sederet, Ne, etc.,

immovable, unchangeable, Verg. A. 4, 15; so with an object-clause:

immotum adversus eos sermones fixumque Tiberio fuit non omittere caput rerum,

Tac. A. 1, 47.

immōtus ( inm-), a, um, adj. [in-motus], unmoved, immovable, motionless (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose).

Lit.:

(illa arbor) immota manet,

Verg. G. 2, 293:

(Ceres) Sub Jove duravit multis immota diebus,

Ov. F. 4, 505:

supercilia (opp. mobilia),

Quint. 11, 3, 79:

sceptrum,

id. ib. §

158: aquae,

i. e. frozen, Ov. Tr. 3, 10, 38:

aër,

Plin. 17, 24, 36, § 222:

apum examina,

Col. 9, 4, 19:

serenus et immotus dies,

calm, Tac. H. 1, 86; Plin. Ep. 2, 7, 6; id. Pan. 82:

terrarum pondus sedet immotum,

Sen. Prov. 1, 2:

mare,

id. Suas. 1, 1:

cervix,

id. ib. 6, 17:

legio,

Tac. A. 14, 37:

vultus,

id. ib. 2, 29. —

Trop., unmoved, unshaken, undisturbed, steadfast, firm:

mens immota manet,

Verg. A. 4, 449:

manent immota tuorum Fata tibi,

id. ib. 1, 257; cf.:

immota manet fatis Lavinia conjux,

id. ib. 7, 314:

immotas praebet mugitibus aures,

unmoved, Ov. M. 15, 465:

nympha procis,

Val. Fl. 5, 112:

adversus turmas acies,

Liv. 10, 14, 16; 21, 55, 10:

immotus iis,

Tac. A. 15, 59:

immota aut modice lacessita pax,

id. ib. 4, 32:

fides sociis,

Val. Fl. 3, 598:

felicis animi immota tranquillitas, Sen. de Ira, 2, 12, 6: constantia,

id. Const. 5, 4:

gaudium,

id. Vit. Beat. 4, 5:

animus,

Lact. 6, 17, 22.— In neutr.:

si mihi non animo fixum immotumque sederet, Ne, etc.,

immovable, unchangeable, Verg. A. 4, 15; so with an object-clause:

immotum adversus eos sermones fixumque Tiberio fuit non omittere caput rerum,

Tac. A. 1, 47.

plăcĭdus, a, um, adj. [placeo, qs. pleasing, mild; hence], gentle, quiet, still, calm, mild, peaceful, placid (class.; syn.: quietus, mollis, lenis).

In gen.

Of persons:

clemens, placidus,

Ter. Ad. 5, 4, 10:

reddere aliquem placidum,

Plaut. Curc. 4, 3, 49; Ter. Ad. 4, 1, 18; Cic. Caecin. 10.—

Of things:

caelum,

Sil. 12, 667:

placidus et serenus dies,

Plin. Ep. 5, 6, 14:

mare,

id. ib. 9, 26:

pontus,

Lucr. 5, 1004:

amnis,

Ov. M. 1, 702:

placida quietaque constantia,

Cic. Tusc. 4, 5, 10:

placida ac lenis senectus,

id. Sen. 5, 13:

oratio,

id. de Or. 2, 43, 183:

vita,

Lucr. 5, 1122:

mors,

Verg. A. 6, 522:

somnus,

Ov. F. 3, 185:

urbs,

Verg. A. 7, 46:

nec quidquam magnum est nisi quod simul placidum,

Sen. Ira, 1, 21, 4:

re placidā atque otiosā,

i. e. in quiet times, Plaut. Truc. 1, 1, 56.— Comp.:

nihil illis placidius, aut quietius erat,

Liv. 3, 14:

loca placidiora,

less visited with unfavorable weather, Pall. 1, 6.— Sup.:

placidissima pax,

Cic. Tusc. 5, 16, 48:

tellus placidissima,

Verg. A. 3, 78.—

In partic.

Of fruits, ripe, mellow:

uva,

Sedul. 1, 29.—

Of plants, trees, etc., not wild, fruitful:

arbores placidiores,

Plin. 16, 5, 6, § 16.—Hence, adv.: plă-cĭdē, softly, gently, quietly, calmly, peacefully, placidly (class.):

forem aperire,

Plaut. Bacch. 4, 7, 35:

placide volo,

id. Merc. 1, 2, 47:

propere hoc, non placide decet (sc. agi),

id. Mil. 2, 2, 65:

ire,

gently, lightly, Ter. Phorm. 5, 6, 27:

progredi,

Caes. B. G. 6, 7:

placide et sedate ferre dolorem,

Cic. Tusc. 2, 24, 58:

placide et sedate loqui,

id. Or. 27, 92:

placide et benigne verba facere,

Sall. J. 102, 12:

placide et comiter (inquit),

Gell. 19, 1, 13.— Comp.:

plebem in magistratu placidius tractare,

Sall. C. 39, 2.— Sup.:

placidissime respondit,

Aug. Conf. 6, 1.

sĕrēnĭtas, ātis, f. [serenus], clearness, serenity.

Lit., of the weather, clear, fair, or serene weather; with gen.: cum sit tum serenitas, tum perturbatio caeli, * Cic. Div. 2, 45, 94:

diei solisque, Auct. B. Hisp. 29, 4: auctumni,

Plin. 18, 35, 80, § 353.— Absol.:

tranquilla serenitas (opp. foeda tempestas),

Liv. 2, 62, 2; 2, 26, 11:

serenitatem praesagire,

Plin. 18, 35, 87, § 362; 10, 67, 86, § 188.— Plur.:

(vinea) imbribus magis quam serenitatibus offenditur,

Col. 3, 1, 10.—

Trop.

Fairness, serenity of fortune, of disposition, etc. (rare;

perh. not ante-Aug.): praesentis fortunae,

Liv. 42, 62, 4:

minor es, quam ut serenitatem meam obducas,

Sen. Ira, 3, 25, 4:

quantam tempestatem subitā serenitate discussit (principis ortus),

Curt. 10, 9, 5.—

Serenitas, a title of the Roman emperors, = Serene Highness, Veg. Mil. 3 epil.; Inscr. Grut. 286, 2.

sĕresco, ĕre, v. inch. n. [serenus], to grow dry:

vestes serescunt (opp. uvescunt),

Lucr. 1, 306.

sĕresco, ĕre, v. inch. n. [serum], to turn to whey:

lac frigore serescit,

Plin. 11, 41, 96, § 238.