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|lnetxt=serius ADV :: [[later]], [[too late]]<br />serius serius seria, serium ADJ :: [[serious]], [[grave]]
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{{Lewis
|lshtext=<b>sērĭus</b>:<br /><b>I</b> comp. adv., v. 3. [[sero]].<br /><b>sērĭus</b>: a, um, adj. perh. for sevrius; [[root]] sev-, [[severus]]; Gr. [[σέβας]], [[σεμνός]],<br /><b>I</b> [[grave]], [[earnest]], [[serious]], opp. to [[sportive]], [[jocular]] ([[class]]. [[only]] of things; [[severus]], [[both]] of persons and things): res (opp. jocosae), Cic. Off. 1, 37, 134: [[sermo]] (opp. jocus), Auct. Her. 3, 14, 25: non res potissimum [[seria]], sed [[quasi]] [[ludus]] ac jocus, Lact. 2, 18, 3: graves seriaeque res, Cic. Off. 1, 29, 103; so, res serias [[omnis]] [[extollo]] in [[alium]] diem, Plaut. Poen. 2, 51: ait rem seriam Velle agere [[mecum]], Ter. Eun. 3, 3, 7; Liv. 23, 7 fin.: [[dies]] [[religiosus]] ad agendum [[quicquam]] rei seriae, id. 26, 17 al.: verba, Tib. 3, 6, 52; cf. Hor. A. P. 107: quaestiones, Suet. Calig. 32: carmina, Plin. [[Pan]]. 54, 2: curae, id. ib. 82 fin.: partes dierum, id. ib. 49 fin.: [[tempus]], id. Ep. 4, 25, 3 et saep.: [[opinor]] [[hercle]] [[hodie]] [[quod]] ego dixi per jocum, Id eventurum esse et severum et serium, Plaut. Poen. 5, 3, 51: si aliquid serium, etc., Quint. 6, 3, 16: nec [[quicquam]] [[grave]] ac serium, Tac. A. 3, 50 fin.—With [[sup]].: verba [[seria]] dictu, Hor. A. P. 107.—As subst.: sērĭum, i, and [[more]] freq. sērĭa, ōrum, n., [[earnestness]], [[seriousness]]; [[serious]] matters or [[discourse]] ([[often]] opp. jocus); sing.: si [[quid]] per jocum Dixi, nolito in serium convortere, Plaut. Poen. 5, 5, 42: [[itaque]] res in serium versa est, Curt. 5, 7, 10: [[nihil]] ad serium, Tac. A. 6, 14.—Plur.: quīcum joca, [[seria]], ut dicitur, Cic. Fin. 2, 26, 85: joca [[atque]] [[seria]] cum humillimis agere, Sall. J. 96, 2: cum his [[seria]] ac jocos celebrare, Liv. 1, 4 fin.: per [[seria]] per jocos, Tac. A. 2, 13: sed [[tamen]] amoto quaeramus [[seria]] [[ludo]], Hor. S. 1, 1, 27; 2, 2, 125; id. A. P. 226; Ov. F. 5, 341 al.: [[mala]], Hor. A. P. 451: mea (opp. [[lusus]]), Ov. Tr. 1, 8, 31: ([[Marsus]]) [[seria]] partitur in tria genera, Quint. 6, 3, 108: [[ille]] [[seria]] nostra, [[ille]] [[deliciae]], Plin. Ep. 8, 1, 2.—Of persons, for [[severus]] ([[ante]]- and post-class.): non ego te [[novi]] tristem servum, serium? Afran. ap. Non. 33, 33: amicos serios aspernatur, App. Mag. 98, p. 336, 9: [[Solon]], id. ib. 9, p. 278 fin.; Amm. 26, 2, 2; 29, 6, 1; Treb. Claud. 12, 5; Mam. Grat. Act. 12, 2; Quint. Decl. 15, 3.—Hence, adv. in [[two]] forms.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> sērĭō, in [[earnest]], [[seriously]] ([[mostly]] anteclass.; a favorite [[word]] of Plaut.; not in Cic. or Cæs.): nec joco nec [[serio]], Plaut. Am. 3, 2, 25: si [[quid]] [[dictum]] est per jocum, Non aequom est id te [[serio]] praevortier, id. ib. 3, 2, 40: an id joco dixisti? [[equidem]] [[serio]] ac [[vero]] [[ratus]], id. ib. 3, 3, 9; so (opp. joco) id. Bacch. 1, 1, 42; Ter. Heaut. 3, 2, 30; Liv. 7, 41, 3: [[vereor]] [[serio]], Naev. ap. [[Charis]]. p. 195; Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 225; id. Cas. 4, 2, 11; id. Ep. 1, 1, 29; id. Merc. 4, 1, 19; id. Ps. 1, 3, 106; 4, 7, 94; id. Poen. 1, 1, 32; 1, 3, 26; 1, 3, 29; id. Rud. 2, 5, 11; 4, 4, 1; id. Truc. 2, 2, 47; 2, 5, 29; Ter. Eun. 3, 1, 3; 3, 3, 22; id. Ad. 5, 9, 18; Liv. 4, 25 fin.; Quint. 1, 2, 1; 9, 2, 14; Plin. Ep. 2, 20, 10.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> sērĭē, in [[earnest]], [[seriously]]: (post-class.) vultu serie pulcro, Aur. Vict. Epit. 15.
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{{Gaffiot
|gf=(1) <b>sērĭus</b>, [[compar]]. de sērō 1.<br />(2) <b>sērĭus</b>,¹¹ a, um,<br /><b>1</b> sérieux [en parl. de choses] : Cic. Off. 1, 103 ; 1, 134 ; Phil. 2, 7 ; verba [[seria]] dictu Hor. P. 107, paroles sérieuses &#124;&#124; <b>sērĭum</b>, ĭī, n., et surtout <b>sērĭa</b>, ōrum, les choses sérieuses : [[aliquid]] in serium convertere Pl. Pœn. 1321, prendre qqch. au sérieux, cf. Curt. 5, 7, 10 ; [[joca]], [[seria]] Cic. Fin. 2, 85, les choses plaisantes et les choses sérieuses<br /><b>2</b> [en parl. de pers.] : Afran. 253.
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{{Georges
|georg=(1) sērius<sup>1</sup>, Adv., s. 1. [[sero]][[unter]] [[serus]].<br />'''(2)''' sērius<sup>2</sup>, a, um (viell. zu ahd. swāri, swār, [[schwer]]), [[ernsthaft]], [[ernstlich]], [[ernst]], a) v. Lebl.: [[res]], Cic.: [[ministerium]], Val. Max.: verba, Tibull.: dicta (Ggstz. iocosa), Quint.: [[tempus]], Suet.: Ggstz., si [[autem]] [[omnis]] [[imitatio]] [[non]] [[res]] [[potissimum]] [[seria]], [[sed]] [[quasi]] [[ludus]] ac [[iocus]] est, Lact. 2, 18, 3. – m. folg. 2. Supin., verba [[seria]] dictu, Hor. de art. poët. 107. – subst., sērium, iī, n., der [[Ernst]] (Ggstz. [[iocus]]), Plaut., Quint. u.a.: iocum seriumque participavimus, [[Fronto]]: [[res]] in serium versa est, [[man]] zog die [[Sache]] ins Ernste (= legte der [[Sache]] [[einen]] ernsten, triftigen [[Grund]] [[unter]]), Curt.: dah. Abl. [[serio]], im Ernste, [[mit]] [[Ernst]], [[ernstlich]] (Ggstz. [[ioco]]; vgl. [[iocus]]), [[Komik]]., Liv. u.a.: [[serio]] audire (Ggstz. per [[ludibrium]] audire), Liv.: iocari [[potius]] [[quam]] [[serio]] agere, Augustin.: Plur. [[seria]], ernstliche Dinge (Ggstz. ioci u. ioca, [[lusus]] et ioci, s. [[Drak]]. Liv. 1, 4, 9), in [[seria]] iocosque [[artifex]], Iustin.: [[seria]] ac iocos celebrare ([[treiben]]), Liv.: ioca [[atque]] [[seria]] cum alqo agere, Sall.: so [[auch]] [[quicum]] ioca, [[seria]], ut dicitur (sc. agimus od. aguntur), v. einem vertrauten Freunde, Cic. – b) v. Pers., Afran. com. 253. Macr. [[sat]]. 3, 14, 10.
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{{LaZh
|lnztxt=serius, a, um. ''adj''. :: 認眞者。穏重。威儀者。Seria. ''plur''. 鄭重事。嚴事。
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