sero

See also: séró, sero-, and séro-

Esperanto

Etymology

From Latin serum.

Noun

sero (accusative singular seron, plural seroj, accusative plural serojn)

  1. serum

Latin

Etymology 1

From Proto-Italic *sizō, from Proto-Indo-European *si-sh₁-, the reduplicated present of *seh₁- (“to sow”).

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈse.roː/, [ˈsɛ.roː]

Verb

serō (present infinitive serere, perfect active sēvī, supine satum); third conjugation

  1. I sow, plant.
  2. (of persons) I beget, bring forth, produce.
  3. (figuratively) I found, establish; scatter, spread, disseminate; propagate; excite; cause, produce.
Inflection
   Conjugation of sero (third conjugation)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present serō seris serit serimus seritis serunt
imperfect serēbam serēbās serēbat serēbāmus serēbātis serēbant
future seram serēs seret serēmus serētis serent
perfect sēvī sēvistī, sēsti1 sēvit sēvimus sēvistis, sēstis1 sēvērunt, sēvēre
pluperfect sēveram sēverās sēverat sēverāmus sēverātis sēverant
future perfect sēverō sēveris sēverit sēverimus sēveritis sēverint
passive present seror sereris, serere seritur serimur seriminī seruntur
imperfect serēbar serēbāris, serēbāre serēbātur serēbāmur serēbāminī serēbantur
future serar serēris, serēre serētur serēmur serēminī serentur
perfect satus + present active indicative of sum
pluperfect satus + imperfect active indicative of sum
future perfect satus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present seram serās serat serāmus serātis serant
imperfect sererem sererēs sereret sererēmus sererētis sererent
perfect sēverim sēverīs sēverit sēverīmus sēverītis sēverint
pluperfect sēvissem, sēssem1 sēvissēs, sēsses1 sēvisset, sēsset1 sēvissēmus, sēssemus1 sēvissētis, sēssetis1 sēvissent, sēssent1
passive present serar serāris, serāre serātur serāmur serāminī serantur
imperfect sererer sererēris, sererēre sererētur sererēmur sererēminī sererentur
perfect satus + present active subjunctive of sum
pluperfect satus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present — sere — — serite —
future — seritō seritō — seritōte seruntō
passive present — serere — — seriminī —
future — seritor seritor — — seruntor
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives serere sēvisse, sēsse1 satūrus esse serī satus esse satum īrī
participles serēns — satūrus — satus serendus
verbal nouns gerund supine
nominative genitive dative/ablative accusative accusative ablative
serere serendī serendō serendum satum satū

1At least one rare poetic syncopated perfect form is attested.

Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Proto-Italic *serō, from Proto-Indo-European *ser- (“to bind, put together”). (compare Ancient Greek εἴρω (eírō), Sanskrit सरत् (sarat), Old Lithuanian sėris (“filament”)), Old English serc (“shirt, coat of mail”). More at sark.

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈse.roː/, [ˈsɛ.roː]

Verb

serō (present infinitive serere, perfect active seruī, supine sertum); third conjugation

  1. I join or bind together; plait, interweave, interlace, entwine.
  2. (figuratively) I join, interweave, connect; combine, compose, contrive.
Inflection
   Conjugation of sero (third conjugation)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present serō seris serit serimus seritis serunt
imperfect serēbam serēbās serēbat serēbāmus serēbātis serēbant
future seram serēs seret serēmus serētis serent
perfect seruī seruistī seruit seruimus seruistis seruērunt, seruēre
pluperfect serueram seruerās seruerat seruerāmus seruerātis seruerant
future perfect seruerō serueris seruerit seruerimus serueritis seruerint
passive present seror sereris, serere seritur serimur seriminī seruntur
imperfect serēbar serēbāris, serēbāre serēbātur serēbāmur serēbāminī serēbantur
future serar serēris, serēre serētur serēmur serēminī serentur
perfect sertus + present active indicative of sum
pluperfect sertus + imperfect active indicative of sum
future perfect sertus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present seram serās serat serāmus serātis serant
imperfect sererem sererēs sereret sererēmus sererētis sererent
perfect seruerim seruerīs seruerit seruerīmus seruerītis seruerint
pluperfect seruissem seruissēs seruisset seruissēmus seruissētis seruissent
passive present serar serāris, serāre serātur serāmur serāminī serantur
imperfect sererer sererēris, sererēre sererētur sererēmur sererēminī sererentur
perfect sertus + present active subjunctive of sum
pluperfect sertus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present — sere — — serite —
future — seritō seritō — seritōte seruntō
passive present — serere — — seriminī —
future — seritor seritor — — seruntor
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives serere seruisse sertūrus esse serī sertus esse sertum īrī
participles serēns — sertūrus — sertus serendus
verbal nouns gerund supine
nominative genitive dative/ablative accusative accusative ablative
serere serendī serendō serendum sertum sertū
Derived terms

Etymology 3

From sera (“bar for fastening doors”), itself from serō (“to bind”).

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈse.roː/, [ˈsɛ.roː]

Verb

serō (present infinitive serāre, perfect active serāvī, supine serātum); first conjugation

  1. I fasten (with a bolt), bar, bolt.
Inflection
   Conjugation of sero (first conjugation)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present serō serās serat serāmus serātis serant
imperfect serābam serābās serābat serābāmus serābātis serābant
future serābō serābis serābit serābimus serābitis serābunt
perfect serāvī serāvistī serāvit serāvimus serāvistis serāvērunt, serāvēre
pluperfect serāveram serāverās serāverat serāverāmus serāverātis serāverant
future perfect serāverō serāveris serāverit serāverimus serāveritis serāverint
passive present seror serāris, serāre serātur serāmur serāminī serantur
imperfect serābar serābāris, serābāre serābātur serābāmur serābāminī serābantur
future serābor serāberis, serābere serābitur serābimur serābiminī serābuntur
perfect serātus + present active indicative of sum
pluperfect serātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
future perfect serātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present serem serēs seret serēmus serētis serent
imperfect serārem serārēs serāret serārēmus serārētis serārent
perfect serāverim serāverīs serāverit serāverīmus serāverītis serāverint
pluperfect serāvissem serāvissēs serāvisset serāvissēmus serāvissētis serāvissent
passive present serer serēris, serēre serētur serēmur serēminī serentur
imperfect serārer serārēris, serārēre serārētur serārēmur serārēminī serārentur
perfect serātus + present active subjunctive of sum
pluperfect serātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present — serā — — serāte —
future — serātō serātō — serātōte serantō
passive present — serāre — — serāminī —
future — serātor serātor — — serantor
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives serāre serāvisse serātūrus esse serārī serātus esse serātum īrī
participles serāns — serātūrus — serātus serandus
verbal nouns gerund supine
nominative genitive dative/ablative accusative accusative ablative
serāre serandī serandō serandum serātum serātū
Derived terms
Descendants

Etymology 4

From sērus (“late”).

Pronunciation

Adjective

sērō

  1. dative masculine singular of sērus
  2. dative neuter singular of sērus
  3. ablative masculine singular of sērus
  4. ablative neuter singular of sērus

Adverb

sērō (comparative sērius, superlative sērissimē)

  1. At a late hour, late, tardily.
  2. Too late.
Derived terms

Etymology 5

Inflected form of serum (“whey; serum”).

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈse.roː/, [ˈsɛ.roː]

Noun

serō

  1. dative singular of serum
  2. ablative singular of serum

References

  • sero in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • sero in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • sero in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
  • sero in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to sow: serere; semen spargere
    • to plant trees: arbores serere (De Sen. 7. 24)
  • De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill

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Numeral

sero (using Raguileo Alphabet)

  1. (cardinal) zero

Novial

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Numeral

sero

  1. (cardinal) zero

Old Saxon

Adverb

sero (comparative mēr, superlative mēst)

  1. much

Tagalog

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Numeral

sero (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜒᜇᜓ)

  1. zero

See also

Welsh

Numeral

sero

  1. zero

Noun

sero m (plural seroau)

  1. zero

Synonyms

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radicalsoftnasalaspirate
sero unchanged unchanged unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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