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Sĕrēna, ae, f., a Roman female name; esp., the wife of Stilicho, eulogized by Claudian, v. Claud. Laud. Ser.

Sĕrēnātor, ōris, m. [sereno], he that makes fair weather, the clearer-up, an epithet of Jupiter, App. de Mundo, p. 75, 7; Inscr. Gud. p. 3, n. 8; p. 3, n. 9; p. 4, n. 1 sq.; cf. serenus.

sĕrēnē, adv. [serenus], clearly, brightly; trop., comp.: serenius videre, Aug. Trin. 8, 3.

sĕrēnĭfer, fĕra, fĕrum, adj. [serenusfero], bringing fair weather, clearing up (late Lat.): aquilo, Avien. Arat. 988; id. Prognost. 414.

‡ sĕrēnĭfĭcus, a, um, adj. [serenusfacio], cleared up, clear, serene: COELO, Inscr. Orell. 855 (of the time of the emperor Antoninus Pius).

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

  1. I. 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.
  2. II. Trop.
      1. 1. 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.
      2. 2. Serenitas, a title of the Roman emperors, = Serene Highness, Veg. Mil. 3 epil.; Inscr. Grut. 286, 2.

sĕrēno, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [serenus], to make clear, fair, or serene, to clear up (poet.; syn. tranquillo).

  1. I. Lit.: vultu, quo caelum tempestatesque serenat (Juppiter), Verg. A. 1, 255: axem, Sil. 12, 637: Olympum, id. 12, 665: glauca terga aquae, Claud. de Apono, 36: domum largo igne, to ligth up, Stat. Achill. 1, 120.
    Absol.: luce serenanti, in bright, clear daylight, * Cic. poët. Div. 1, 11, 18.
    1. B. Impers.: cum serenat, when it is clear, Min. Fel. 32, 4.
  2. II. Trop.: spem fronte serenat, Verg. A. 4, 477; for which: tristia fronte, Sil. 11, 368; cf.: nubila animi, Plin. 2, 6, 4, § 13.

1. sĕrēnus, a, um, adj. [Sanscr. svar, sky; Gr. Σείριος; cf. σέλας; Lat. sol], clear, fair, bright, serene (class.; esp. freq. in the poets; cf. sudus).

  1. I. 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.
      1. 2. 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.
  2. II. Trop.
      1. 1. 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.
      2. 2. 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.
      3. 3. Serenissimus, a title of the Roman emperors, Cod. Just. 5, 4, 23.

2. Sĕrēnus, i, m.; Sĕrēna, ae, f. [1. serenus], a proper name.

  1. I. Q. Serenus Sammonicus, a physician under Septimius Severus, Spart. Get. 5, 5; Macr. 3, 16, 6.
  2. II. 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.
  3. III. Serena, the wife of Stilicho, and mother-in-law of the emperor Honorius, celebrated by Claudian in a special poem (Laus Serenae Reginae).

Sērĕs, um, m., = Σῆρες, a people of Eastern Asia (the mod. Chinese), celebrated for their silken fabrics, Mel. 1, 2, 3; 3, 7, 1; Plin. 6, 17, 20, § 54; Amm. 23, 6, 67 sq.; Verg. G. 2, 121; Hor. C. 3, 29, 27; 4, 15, 23; Ov. Am. 1, 14, 6; Luc. 1, 19; Juv. 6, 403 al.
Placed by Lucan at the sources of the Nile, and made neighbors of the Ethiopians, Luc. 10, 292.
Gen. Serum, Sen. Ep. 90, 13.
Acc. Seras, Hor. C. 1, 12, 56; Plin. H. N. 12, prooem. § 2.
Sing. Ser, Aus. Idyll. Monos. Hist. 24; Sen. Herc. Oet. 668.
Hence, Sērĭcus, a, um, adj.

    1. 1. Lit., of or belonging to the Seres, Seric: regio, Amm. 23, 6: Oceanus, Plin. 6, 13, 15, § 37: hostis (Müll. Neuricus), Prop. 4 (5), 3, 8; cf. sagittae, Hor. C. 1, 29, 9.
    2. 2. Transf., Seric, i. e. silken: vestis, Plin. 21, 3, 8, § 11; Tac. A. 2, 33: toga, Quint. 12, 10, 47: pallium, Vulg. Esth. 8, 15: pulvilli, Hor. Epod. 8, 15: tentoria, Flor. 2, 8, 9: vexilla, id. 3, 11, 8: carpenta, with silken curtains, Prop. 4 (5), 8, 23: frena, Claud. Laud. Stil. 2, 350.
      As subst.:
      1. a. sērĭca, ōrum, n., Seric garments, silks, Prop. 1, 14, 22; Mart. 9, 38, 3; 11, 27, 11; Claud. in Eutr. 2.
      2. b. sērĭ-cum, i, n., Seric stuff, silk, Amm. 23, 6, 67; Sol. 50; cf. Isid. Orig. 19, 17, 6; 19, 27, 5; Vulg. Apoc. 18, 12.

* 1. sĕresco, ĕre, v. inch. n. [serenus], to grow dry: vestes serescunt (opp. uvescunt), Lucr. 1, 306.

* 2. sĕresco, ĕre, v. inch. n. [serum], to turn to whey: lac frigore serescit, Plin. 11, 41, 96, § 238.

Sĕrestus, i, m., the name of a Trojan who followed Æneas, Verg. A. 1, 611; 4, 288; 5, 487; 9, 171 al.