sertum
Latin
editEtymology
editNominalized neuter form of sertus (“bound, encircled”), from serō (“to bind, to encircle”).
Noun
editsertum n (genitive sertī); second declension
- (usually in the plural) Synonym of serta, wreath
- 2010, Luigi Miraglia, Fabulae Syrae, Focus, page 92:
- Eorum inter ramos etiamnunc incolae illius loci florum serta ponere solent
- Even now the locals tend to put up wreaths of flowers between their branches.
Declension
editSecond-declension noun (neuter).
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | sertum | serta |
Genitive | sertī | sertōrum |
Dative | sertō | sertīs |
Accusative | sertum | serta |
Ablative | sertō | sertīs |
Vocative | sertum | serta |
Descendants
edit- Italian: serto
Verb
editsertum
- accusative supine of serō
Participle
editsertum
- inflection of sertus:
References
edit- “sertum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- sertum 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)
- sertum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.