serotinus

Latin

Etymology

From sērō +‎ -tinus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /seːˈroː.ti.nus/, [s̠eːˈroːt̪ɪnʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /seˈro.ti.nus/, [seˈrɔːt̪inus]

Adjective

sērōtinus (feminine sērōtina, neuter sērōtinum); first/second-declension adjective

1. late (ripening etc)
2. (relational) evening

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	sērōtinus	sērōtina	sērōtinum		sērōtinī	sērōtinae	sērōtina
Genitive	sērōtinī	sērōtinae	sērōtinī		sērōtinōrum	sērōtinārum	sērōtinōrum
Dative	sērōtinō		sērōtinō		sērōtinīs
Accusative	sērōtinum	sērōtinam	sērōtinum		sērōtinōs	sērōtinās	sērōtina
Ablative	sērōtinō	sērōtinā	sērōtinō		sērōtinīs
Vocative	sērōtine	sērōtina	sērōtinum		sērōtinī	sērōtinae	sērōtina

Antonyms

• mātūtīnus

Descendants

• Asturian: seronda
• English: serotine
• Galician: serodio
• Italian: serotino
• Portuguese: serôdio, serôtino
• Spanish: serótino, seruendo, serondo

References

• “serotinus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• serotinus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.