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|lshtext=<b>sērus</b>: a, um, adj. cf. [[series]]; Sanscr. sărat, [[thread]]; [[that]] [[which]] is [[long]] [[drawn]] [[out]],<br /><b>I</b> [[late]] (freq. and [[class]].; cf.: [[tardus]], [[lentus]]): nescis [[quid]] [[vesper]] [[serus]] vehat (the [[title]] of a [[work]] by [[Varro]]), Varr. ap. Gell. 1, 22, 4; 13, 11, 1: [[sero]] a vespere, Ov. M. 4, 415: serā nocte, Liv. 1, 57, 9; Col. 1 praef.; Prop. 1, 3, 10; Val. Fl. 7, 400: crepuscula, Ov. M. 1, 219: lux, id. ib. 15, 651: [[dies]], Tac. H. 3, 82 (cf. [[infra]], B.): [[hiems]], Liv. 32, 28, 6: anni, i. e. [[ripe]] years, [[age]], Ov. M. 6, 29; 9, 434; id. F. 5, 63; cf. [[aetas]], id. A. A. 1, 65; Plaut. Aul. 4, 1, 4: [[gratulatio]], Cic. Fam. 2, 7, 1: portenta deūm Tarda et [[sera]] [[nimis]], id. poët. Div. 2, 30, 64: nepotes, Ov. M. 6, 138: [[posteritas]], id. P. 1, 4, 24: [[sera]] [[eruditio]], [[quam]] [[Graeci]] ὀψιμαθίαν appellant, Gell. 11, 7, 3; cf. [[poet]]., of persons, [[with]] gen.: o seri studiorum! ye [[late]]-[[learned]], ὀψιμαθεῖς (i. e. [[backward]], [[ignorant]]), Hor. S. 1, 10, 21 (v. [[infra]], b. α): [[ulmus]], [[late]]- or [[slowly]]-growing (acc. to others, old), Verg. G. 4, 144; so, [[ficus]], [[late]] in [[bearing]], Col. 5, 10, 10; cf. [[serotinus]], and<br /> v. the foll. under [[sup]].—Comp. ([[rare]]; not in Cic. or Cæs.; cf. adv. [[infra]] fin.): serior [[mors]] (opp. maturior), Cels. 2, 6 med.: [[senectus]], Mart. 5, 6, 3: spe omnium [[serius]] [[bellum]], Liv. 2, 3, 1: serior [[putatio]], Col. 4, 23, 1; 2, 10, 15.—Poet., for [[posterior]]: serior [[aetas]], Ov. Tr. 5, 9, 7; Tib. 1, 4, 33: [[hora]], Ov. H. 19, 14.—Sup.: successores [[quam]] serissimi, Vell. 2, 131, 2: serissima omnium (pirorum) Amerina, etc., ripening the [[latest]], Plin. 15, 15, 16, § 55; cf. [[supra]].—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>b</b> Poet.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(a)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; For the adv. [[sero]], of one [[who]] does [[any]] [[thing]] [[late]]: [[serus]] in [[caelum]] redeas, Hor. C. 1, 2, 45: [[serus]] Graecis admovit acumina chartis, id. Ep. 2, 1, 161: jusserit ad se [[Maecenas]] [[serum]] sub lumina prima venire Convivam, [[late]] in the [[day]], id. S. 2, 7, 33: nec [[nisi]] [[serus]] abi, Ov. A. A. 2, 224: [[poena]] [[tamen]] tacitis [[sera]] venit pedibus, Tib. 1, 10, 3: (me) Arguit [[incepto]] [[serum]] accessisse labori, Ov. M. 13, 297.—So [[with]] things as subjects: [[sera]] [[rubens]] accendit lumina Vesper, Verg. G. 1, 251: imposita est [[sero]] [[tandem]] [[manus]] ultima [[bello]], Ov. M. 13, 403: seros [[pedes]] assumere, id. ib. 15, 384: Cantaber serā [[domitus]] catenā, Hor. C. 3, 8, 22: [[serum]] ut veniamus ad amnem Phasidos, Val. Fl. 4, 708.—With gen.: o seri studiorum! Hor. S. 1, 10, 21 (v. [[supra]]); so, belli [[serus]], Sil. 3, 255.—With inf.: [[cur]] [[serus]] versare boves et [[plaustra]] [[Bootes]]? Prop. 3, 5 (4, 4), 35.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(b)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; For adverb. [[use]] of [[sera]] and [[serum]], v. adv. [[infra]].—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Substt. ‡<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; sēra, ae, f. (sc. [[hora]]), a [[late]] [[hour]], the [[evening]] [[hour]], [[ἑσπέρα]], [[sera]], vespra, [[crepusculum]], Gloss. Vet.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; sērum, i, n., [[late]] [[time]], [[late]] [[hour]] (of the [[day]] or [[night]]; [[first]] in Liv.; esp. in the historians): [[serum]] erat diei, Liv. 7, 8, 4: [[quia]] [[serum]] diei fuerit, id. 26, 3, 1: jamque [[sero]] diei subducit ex acie legionem, Tac. A. 2, 21 fin.: extrahebatur in [[quam]] [[maxime]] [[serum]] diei [[certamen]], Liv. 10, 28, 2 Drak. N. cr.: in [[serum]] noctis [[convivium]] productum, id. 33, 48; cf.: ad [[serum]] [[usque]] diem, Tac. H. 3, 82.—Absol., in Sueton., of a [[late]] [[hour]] of the [[day]]: in [[serum]] dimicatione protractā, Suet. Aug. 17; id. Ner. 22: in [[serum]] [[usque]] patente cubiculo, id. Oth. 11.—<br /><b>II</b> Pregn., [[too]] [[late]] ([[class]].): ut [[magis]] exoptatae [[Kalendae]] Januariae [[quam]] serae esse videantur, Cic. Phil. 5, 1: [[neque]] rectae voluntati [[serum]] est [[tempus]] ullum, etc., Quint. 12, 1, 31: [[tempus]] cavendi, Sen. Thyest. 487: [[bellum]], Sall. Fragm. ap. Philarg. Verg. G. 4, 144: Antiates [[serum]] [[auxilium]] [[post]] [[proelium]] venerant, Liv. 3, 5 fin.; 31, 24: auxilia, Val. Fl. 3, 562: improbum [[consilium]] [[serum]], ut debuit, fuit: et jam [[profectus]] [[Virginius]] erat, etc., Liv. 3, 46 fin.: redit Alcidae jam [[sera]] [[cupido]], Val. Fl. 4, 247: seras conditiones pacis tentare, Suet. Aug. 17: cum [[tandem]] ex somno surrexissent, in [[quod]] [[serum]] erat, [[aliquot]] horas remis in naves collocandis absumpserunt, [[which]] [[was]] [[too]] [[late]], Liv. 33, 48, 8: hoc [[serum]] est, Mart. 8, 44, 1; and [[with]] a subj.-[[clause]]: dum deliberamus, [[quando]] incipiendum [[sit]], incipere jam [[serum]] est, Quint. 12, 6, 3; so, [[serum]] est, advocare iis rebus affectum, etc., id. 4, 2, 115.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>b</b> Poet. for the adverb (cf. [[supra]], I. b. α): tum decuit metuisse tuis: [[nunc]] [[sera]] querelis Haud justis assurgis, [[too]] [[late]], Verg. A. 10, 94: ad possessa venis praeceptaque gaudia [[serus]], Ov. H. 17, 107: Herculeas jam [[serus]] [[opes]] spretique vocabis Arma viri, Val. Fl. 3, 713: serā [[ope]] vincere fata Nititur, Ov. M. 2, 617: auxilia ciere, Val. Fl. 3, 562.—Hence, adv., in [[three]] forms.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; sēră, [[late]] ([[poet]]. and [[very]] [[rare]]): [[sera]] [[comans]] [[Narcissus]], [[late]] in flowering, Verg. G. 4, 122.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; sērum, [[late]] at [[night]] ([[poet]]. and [[very]] [[rare]]): quae nocte sedens [[serum]] canit, Verg. A. 12, 864.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>3</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; sērō&#774;.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> (Acc. to I.) Late.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>a</b> Late, at a [[late]] [[hour]] of the [[day]] or [[night]] ([[rare]] [[but]] [[class]].): eo [[die]] [[Lentulus]] venit [[sero]], Cic. Att. 7, 21, 1 (cf. [[infra]], B.): domum [[sero]] redire, id. Fam. 7, 22.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>b</b> Late, at a [[late]] [[period]] of [[time]], in gen. (freq. and [[class]].): res [[rustica]] sic est: si unam rem [[sero]] feceris omnia [[opera]] [[sero]] [[facies]], [[Cato]], R. R. 5, 7; Cic. Brut. 10, 39; Quint. 6, 3, 103: doctores artis [[sero]] repertos, id. 2, 17, 7; 2, 5, 3.—Comp.: [[modo]] surgis Eoo Temperius [[caelo]], [[modo]] [[serius]] incidis undis, Ov. M. 4, 198; Liv. 31, 11, 10: [[serius]], [[quam]] [[ratio]] postulat, Quint. 2, 1, 1: scripsi ad Pompeium [[serius]] [[quam]] oportuit, Cic. Fam. 14, 10; 15, 1, 4; id. Sest. 31, 67; Liv. 37, 45, 18; 42, 28, 1: [[itaque]] [[serius]] [[aliquanto]] [[notatus]] et [[cognitus]] ([[numerus]]), Cic. Or. 56, 186: [[serius]] [[egressus]] vestigia vidit in [[alto]] Pulvere, Ov. M. 4, 105: [[ipse]] salutabo decimā vel [[serius]] horā, Mart. 1, 109, 9: omnium Versatur [[urna]] [[serius]] ocius Sors exitura, [[later]] or earlier (or, as we [[say]], inverting the [[order]], [[sooner]] or [[later]]), Hor. C. 2, 3, 26; so, [[serius]] aut citius sedem properamus ad unam, Ov. M. 10, 33: [[serius]] ei triumphandi [[causa]] fuit, ne, etc., Liv. 39, 6, 4; 38, 27, 4: in acutis morbis [[serius]] [[aeger]] alendus est, Cels. 3, 2.—Sup.: ut [[quam]] serissime ejus [[profectio]] cognosceretur, Caes. B. C. 3, 75 (Scaliger ex conj.); so, legi pira Tarentina, Plin. 15, 17, 18, § 61 (al. serissima).—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> (Acc to II.) Too [[late]] (freq. and [[class]].): abi [[stultus]], [[sero]] [[post]] [[tempus]] venis, Plaut. Capt. 4, 2, 90: [[idem]], [[quando]] illaec [[occasio]] periit, [[post]] [[sero]] cupit, id. Aul. 2, 2, 71; id. Am. 2, 2, 34; id. Men. 5, 6, 31; id. Pers. 5, 1, 16 (Opp. [[temperi]]); id. Trin. 2, 4, 14; 2, 4, 167; 4, 2, 147; Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 103; id. Ad. 2, 4, 8. ([[Scipio]]) [[factus]] est [[consul]] bis: [[primum]] [[ante]] [[tempus]]: [[iterum]] sibi suo tempore, rei publicae [[paene]] [[sero]], Cic. Lael. 3, 11; id. Q. Fr. 1, 2, 3, § 9: [[sero]] resistimus ei, quem per annos [[decem]] aluimus [[contra]] nos, id. Att. 7, 5, 5; id. Verr. 2, 5, 63, § 164 et saep.: ne [[nimis]] [[sero]] ad extrema veniamus, [[far]] [[too]] [[late]], id. Phil. 2, 19, 47; Liv. 21, 3, 5.—Hence, in a [[double]] [[sense]], alluding to the signif. A. a.: cum interrogaret ([[accusator]]), quo tempore [[Clodius]] [[occisus]] esset? respondit ([[Milo]]), Sero, Quint. 6, 3, 49.—Prov.: [[sero]] sapiunt [[Phryges]], are [[wise]] [[too]] [[late]], are [[troubled]] [[with]] [[after]]-[[wit]]; v. [[sapio]].—Comp., in the [[same]] [[sense]]: possumus audire aliquid, an [[serius]] venimus? Cic. Rep. 1, 13, 20: ad quae (mysteria) biduo [[serius]] veneram, id. de Or. 3, 20, 75: [[doleo]] me in vitam [[paulo]] [[serius]] [[tamquam]] in viam ingressum, id. Brut. 96, 330: erit verendum mihi, ne non hoc [[potius]] omnes boni [[serius]] a me, [[quam]] [[quisquam]] crudelius [[factum]] esse dicat, id. Cat. 1, 2, 5: [[serius]] a terrā provectae naves, Caes. B. C. 3, 8; Suet. Tib. 52.
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