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発音

• (Classical Latin) IPA: [sɛˈreː.nʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: [seˈrɛː.nus]

形容詞

serēnus (feminine serēna, neuter serēnum, adverb serēnē); first/second-declension adjective

1. Clear, fair, bright, serene, tranquil.
2. That clears the sky or brings fair weather.
3. (figuratively) Cheerful, glad, joyous, bright; clear, fair, calm, placid, serene
   • 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Vergilius, Aeneis 2.285–286:

     “‘[...] Quae causa indigna serēnōs / foedāvit voltūs? [...].’”

     “‘What shameful cause disfigured your serene face?’”
     (Aeneas dreams he is speaking to the dead and disfigured Hector. The Latin plural “serenos voltus,” here translated as English singular, implies a heroic character which projects steadfast calm despite changing circumstances.)

語形変化

First/second-declension adjective.

派生語

派生した語

参照

Further reading

• “serenus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “serenus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “serenus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “serenus”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers