serta

See also: sertã and Sertã

Latin

Etymology

From sertus (“bound, encircled”), from serō (“to bind, to encircle”), possibly by reanalysis of the nominalized neuter plural (serta, sertōrum) as a feminine singular noun.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈser.ta/, [ˈs̠ɛrt̪ä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈser.ta/, [ˈsɛrt̪ä]

Noun

serta f (genitive sertae); first declension

1. garland, festoon, wreath of flowers
   • 8 CE, Ovid, Fasti 5.219–220:

     ‘prōtinus accēdunt Charitēs nectuntque corōnās
     sertaque caelestēs implicitūra comās.’

     “Forthwith the Graces approach and weave chaplets
     and garland[s] to entwine [their] heavenly hair.”
     (The poetic voice is that of Flora (mythology).)

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	serta	sertae
Genitive	sertae	sertārum
Dative	sertae	sertīs
Accusative	sertam	sertās
Ablative	sertā	sertīs
Vocative	serta	sertae

Synonyms

• sertum

Noun

serta

1. nominative/accusative/vocative plural of sertum

Noun

sertā

1. ablative singular of serta

Participle

serta

1. inflection of sertus:
   1. nominative/vocative feminine singular
   2. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural

Participle

sertā

1. ablative feminine singular of sertus

References

• “serta”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “serta”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• serta in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• serta in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “serta”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “serta”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

Malay

Pronunciation

• (Johor-Selangor) IPA^(key): /sə(r)tə/
• (Riau-Lingga) IPA^(key): /sə(r)ta/
• Rhymes: -ə(r)tə, -tə, -ə
• Rhymes: -ta

Conjunction

serta (Jawi spelling سرتا)

1. as well as, and

Synonyms

• dan

Verb

serta

1. join

Further reading

• “serta” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

West Makian

Etymology

From Malay serta.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈser̪.t̪a/

Conjunction

serta

1. because, since

   Synonyms: amo, karena, sebap

References

• Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours‎^[1], Pacific linguistics