sero

"Serit arborēs, quae alterī saeclō prōsint", ut ait in Synephebis, […]

c. 45 BCE, Cicero, Tusculan Disputations 1.30

"He plants the trees, so that they may serve another generation", as Caecilius Statius says in his Synephebi, […]

(of persons) to beget, bring forth, produce

(figuratively) to found, establish; scatter, spread, disseminate; propagate; excite; cause, produce

la-verb

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

serō (canonical)
serere (infinitive present)
sēvī (active perfect)
satum (supine)
serō (active first-person indicative present singular)
seris (active indicative present second-person singular)
serit (active indicative present singular third-person)
serimus (active first-person indicative plural present)
seritis (active indicative plural present second-person)
serunt (active indicative plural present third-person)
serēbam (active first-person imperfect indicative singular)
serēbās (active imperfect indicative second-person singular)
serēbat (active imperfect indicative singular third-person)
serēbāmus (active first-person imperfect indicative plural)
serēbātis (active imperfect indicative plural second-person)
serēbant (active imperfect indicative plural third-person)
seram (active first-person future indicative singular)
serēs (active future indicative second-person singular)
seret (active future indicative singular third-person)
serēmus (active first-person future indicative plural)
serētis (active future indicative plural second-person)
serent (active future indicative plural third-person)
sēvī (active first-person indicative perfect singular)
sēvistī (active indicative perfect second-person singular)
sēstī (active indicative perfect second-person singular)
sēvit (active indicative perfect singular third-person)
sēt (active indicative perfect singular third-person)
sēvimus (active first-person indicative perfect plural)
sēmus (active first-person indicative perfect plural)
sēvistis (active indicative perfect plural second-person)
sēstis (active indicative perfect plural second-person)
sēvērunt (active indicative perfect plural third-person)
sēvēre (active indicative perfect plural third-person)
sērunt (active indicative perfect plural third-person)
sēveram (active first-person indicative pluperfect singular)
sēram (active first-person indicative pluperfect singular)
sēverās (active indicative pluperfect second-person singular)
sērās (active indicative pluperfect second-person singular)
sēverat (active indicative pluperfect singular third-person)
sērat (active indicative pluperfect singular third-person)
sēverāmus (active first-person indicative pluperfect plural)
sērāmus (active first-person indicative pluperfect plural)
sēverātis (active indicative pluperfect plural second-person)
sērātis (active indicative pluperfect plural second-person)
sēverant (active indicative pluperfect plural third-person)
sērant (active indicative pluperfect plural third-person)
sēverō (active first-person future indicative perfect singular)
sērō (active first-person future indicative perfect singular)
sēveris (active future indicative perfect second-person singular)
sēris (active future indicative perfect second-person singular)
sēverit (active future indicative perfect singular third-person)
sērit (active future indicative perfect singular third-person)
sēverimus (active first-person future indicative perfect plural)
sērimus (active first-person future indicative perfect plural)
sēveritis (active future indicative perfect plural second-person)
sēritis (active future indicative perfect plural second-person)
sēverint (active future indicative perfect plural third-person)
sērint (active future indicative perfect plural third-person)
seror (first-person indicative passive present singular)
sereris (indicative passive present second-person singular)
serere (indicative passive present second-person singular)
seritur (indicative passive present singular third-person)
serimur (first-person indicative passive plural present)
seriminī (indicative passive plural present second-person)
seruntur (indicative passive plural present third-person)
serēbar (first-person imperfect indicative passive singular)
serēbāris (imperfect indicative passive second-person singular)
serēbāre (imperfect indicative passive second-person singular)
serēbātur (imperfect indicative passive singular third-person)
serēbāmur (first-person imperfect indicative passive plural)
serēbāminī (imperfect indicative passive plural second-person)
serēbantur (imperfect indicative passive plural third-person)
serar (first-person future indicative passive singular)
serēris (future indicative passive second-person singular)
serēre (future indicative passive second-person singular)
serētur (future indicative passive singular third-person)
serēmur (first-person future indicative passive plural)
serēminī (future indicative passive plural second-person)
serentur (future indicative passive plural third-person)
satus + future active indicative of sum (future indicative passive perfect)
seram (active first-person present singular subjunctive)
serās (active present second-person singular subjunctive)
serat (active present singular subjunctive third-person)
serāmus (active first-person plural present subjunctive)
serātis (active plural present second-person subjunctive)
serant (active plural present subjunctive third-person)
sererem (active first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
sererēs (active imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
sereret (active imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
sererēmus (active first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
sererētis (active imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
sererent (active imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
sēverim (active first-person perfect singular subjunctive)
sērim (active first-person perfect singular subjunctive)
sēverīs (active perfect second-person singular subjunctive)
sērīs (active perfect second-person singular subjunctive)
sēverit (active perfect singular subjunctive third-person)
sērit (active perfect singular subjunctive third-person)
sēverīmus (active first-person perfect plural subjunctive)
sērīmus (active first-person perfect plural subjunctive)
sēverītis (active perfect plural second-person subjunctive)
sērītis (active perfect plural second-person subjunctive)
sēverint (active perfect plural subjunctive third-person)
sērint (active perfect plural subjunctive third-person)
sēvissem (active first-person pluperfect singular subjunctive)
sēssem (active first-person pluperfect singular subjunctive)
sēvissēs (active pluperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
sēssēs (active pluperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
sēvisset (active pluperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
sēsset (active pluperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
sēvissēmus (active first-person pluperfect plural subjunctive)
sēssēmus (active first-person pluperfect plural subjunctive)
sēvissētis (active pluperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
sēssētis (active pluperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
sēvissent (active pluperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
sēssent (active pluperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
serar (first-person passive present singular subjunctive)
serāris (passive present second-person singular subjunctive)
serāre (passive present second-person singular subjunctive)
serātur (passive present singular subjunctive third-person)
serāmur (first-person passive plural present subjunctive)
serāminī (passive plural present second-person subjunctive)
serantur (passive plural present subjunctive third-person)
sererer (first-person imperfect passive singular subjunctive)
sererēris (imperfect passive second-person singular subjunctive)
sererēre (imperfect passive second-person singular subjunctive)
sererētur (imperfect passive singular subjunctive third-person)
sererēmur (first-person imperfect passive plural subjunctive)
sererēminī (imperfect passive plural second-person subjunctive)
sererentur (imperfect passive plural subjunctive third-person)
sere (active imperative present second-person singular)
serite (active imperative plural present second-person)
seritō (active future imperative second-person singular)
seritō (active future imperative singular third-person)
seritōte (active future imperative plural second-person)
seruntō (active future imperative plural third-person)
serere (imperative passive present second-person singular)
seriminī (imperative passive plural present second-person)
seritor (future imperative passive second-person singular)
seritor (future imperative passive singular third-person)
seruntor (future imperative passive plural third-person)
serere (active infinitive present)
sēvisse (active infinitive perfect)
sēsse (active infinitive perfect)
satūrum esse (active future infinitive)
serī (infinitive passive present)
satum esse (infinitive passive perfect)
satum īrī (future infinitive passive)
serēns (active participle present)
satūrus (active future participle)
satus (participle passive perfect)
serendus (future participle passive)
serundus (future participle passive)
serendī (genitive gerund noun-from-verb)
serendō (dative gerund noun-from-verb)
serendum (accusative gerund noun-from-verb)
serendō (ablative gerund noun-from-verb)
satum (accusative noun-from-verb supine)
satū (ablative noun-from-verb supine)

From Proto-Italic *sizō, from Proto-Indo-European *sish₁éti, the reduplicated present of *seh₁- (“to sow”).


sero

(perh. only as past pple.) to link together, entwine, interlace

(transferred sense) to join in a series, string together

(certāmina, proelia etc.) to join a battle, engage in conflict

[…] perſuadent enim ſe crebro cum dæmone ſermones ſerere, quem Wattipam nominant, & res geſtas in longinquis regionibus ab ipſo edoceri, nec non futuras præmoneri: agnoſcunt autem hunc ſpiritum malum eſſe; neque injuria, nam haud raro miſerum in modum ab ipſo flagellantur.

1633, Johannes de Laet, Novus orbis seu descriptionis Indiæ occidentalis, Libri XVIII, page 642:

For they persuade themselves that they often hold conversations with a demon whom they call Wattipa, and that they are informed by him of things done in distant regions, and indeed foreshown things to be: but they acknowledge that this spirit is evil; and not without reason, for not infrequently they are scourged by him in a miserable manner.

(sermōnēs, colloquia etc.) to engage in conversation, parley

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

serō (canonical)
serere (infinitive present)
seruī (active perfect)
sertum (supine)
serō (active first-person indicative present singular)
seris (active indicative present second-person singular)
serit (active indicative present singular third-person)
serimus (active first-person indicative plural present)
seritis (active indicative plural present second-person)
serunt (active indicative plural present third-person)
serēbam (active first-person imperfect indicative singular)
serēbās (active imperfect indicative second-person singular)
serēbat (active imperfect indicative singular third-person)
serēbāmus (active first-person imperfect indicative plural)
serēbātis (active imperfect indicative plural second-person)
serēbant (active imperfect indicative plural third-person)
seram (active first-person future indicative singular)
serēs (active future indicative second-person singular)
seret (active future indicative singular third-person)
serēmus (active first-person future indicative plural)
serētis (active future indicative plural second-person)
serent (active future indicative plural third-person)
seruī (active first-person indicative perfect singular)
seruistī (active indicative perfect second-person singular)
seruit (active indicative perfect singular third-person)
seruimus (active first-person indicative perfect plural)
seruistis (active indicative perfect plural second-person)
seruērunt (active indicative perfect plural third-person)
seruēre (active indicative perfect plural third-person)
serueram (active first-person indicative pluperfect singular)
seruerās (active indicative pluperfect second-person singular)
seruerat (active indicative pluperfect singular third-person)
seruerāmus (active first-person indicative pluperfect plural)
seruerātis (active indicative pluperfect plural second-person)
seruerant (active indicative pluperfect plural third-person)
seruerō (active first-person future indicative perfect singular)
serueris (active future indicative perfect second-person singular)
seruerit (active future indicative perfect singular third-person)
seruerimus (active first-person future indicative perfect plural)
serueritis (active future indicative perfect plural second-person)
seruerint (active future indicative perfect plural third-person)
seror (first-person indicative passive present singular)
sereris (indicative passive present second-person singular)
serere (indicative passive present second-person singular)
seritur (indicative passive present singular third-person)
serimur (first-person indicative passive plural present)
seriminī (indicative passive plural present second-person)
seruntur (indicative passive plural present third-person)
serēbar (first-person imperfect indicative passive singular)
serēbāris (imperfect indicative passive second-person singular)
serēbāre (imperfect indicative passive second-person singular)
serēbātur (imperfect indicative passive singular third-person)
serēbāmur (first-person imperfect indicative passive plural)
serēbāminī (imperfect indicative passive plural second-person)
serēbantur (imperfect indicative passive plural third-person)
serar (first-person future indicative passive singular)
serēris (future indicative passive second-person singular)
serēre (future indicative passive second-person singular)
serētur (future indicative passive singular third-person)
serēmur (first-person future indicative passive plural)
serēminī (future indicative passive plural second-person)
serentur (future indicative passive plural third-person)
seram (active first-person present singular subjunctive)
serās (active present second-person singular subjunctive)
serat (active present singular subjunctive third-person)
serāmus (active first-person plural present subjunctive)
serātis (active plural present second-person subjunctive)
serant (active plural present subjunctive third-person)
sererem (active first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
sererēs (active imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
sereret (active imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
sererēmus (active first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
sererētis (active imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
sererent (active imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
seruerim (active first-person perfect singular subjunctive)
seruerīs (active perfect second-person singular subjunctive)
seruerit (active perfect singular subjunctive third-person)
seruerīmus (active first-person perfect plural subjunctive)
seruerītis (active perfect plural second-person subjunctive)
seruerint (active perfect plural subjunctive third-person)
seruissem (active first-person pluperfect singular subjunctive)
seruissēs (active pluperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
seruisset (active pluperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
seruissēmus (active first-person pluperfect plural subjunctive)
seruissētis (active pluperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
seruissent (active pluperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
serar (first-person passive present singular subjunctive)
serāris (passive present second-person singular subjunctive)
serāre (passive present second-person singular subjunctive)
serātur (passive present singular subjunctive third-person)
serāmur (first-person passive plural present subjunctive)
serāminī (passive plural present second-person subjunctive)
serantur (passive plural present subjunctive third-person)
sererer (first-person imperfect passive singular subjunctive)
sererēris (imperfect passive second-person singular subjunctive)
sererēre (imperfect passive second-person singular subjunctive)
sererētur (imperfect passive singular subjunctive third-person)
sererēmur (first-person imperfect passive plural subjunctive)
sererēminī (imperfect passive plural second-person subjunctive)
sererentur (imperfect passive plural subjunctive third-person)
sere (active imperative present second-person singular)
serite (active imperative plural present second-person)
seritō (active future imperative second-person singular)
seritō (active future imperative singular third-person)
seritōte (active future imperative plural second-person)
seruntō (active future imperative plural third-person)
serere (imperative passive present second-person singular)
seriminī (imperative passive plural present second-person)
seritor (future imperative passive second-person singular)
seritor (future imperative passive singular third-person)
seruntor (future imperative passive plural third-person)
serere (active infinitive present)
seruisse (active infinitive perfect)
sertūrum esse (active future infinitive)
serī (infinitive passive present)
sertum esse (infinitive passive perfect)
sertum īrī (future infinitive passive)
serēns (active participle present)
sertūrus (active future participle)
sertus (participle passive perfect)
serendus (future participle passive)
serundus (future participle passive)
serendī (genitive gerund noun-from-verb)
serendō (dative gerund noun-from-verb)
serendum (accusative gerund noun-from-verb)
serendō (ablative gerund noun-from-verb)
sertum (accusative noun-from-verb supine)
sertū (ablative noun-from-verb supine)

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


sero

(Late Latin) to fasten (with a bolt), bar, bolt

la-verb

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

serō (canonical)
serāre (infinitive present)
serāvī (active perfect)
serātum (supine)
serō (active first-person indicative present singular)
serās (active indicative present second-person singular)
serat (active indicative present singular third-person)
serāmus (active first-person indicative plural present)
serātis (active indicative plural present second-person)
serant (active indicative plural present third-person)
serābam (active first-person imperfect indicative singular)
serābās (active imperfect indicative second-person singular)
serābat (active imperfect indicative singular third-person)
serābāmus (active first-person imperfect indicative plural)
serābātis (active imperfect indicative plural second-person)
serābant (active imperfect indicative plural third-person)
serābō (active first-person future indicative singular)
serābis (active future indicative second-person singular)
serābit (active future indicative singular third-person)
serābimus (active first-person future indicative plural)
serābitis (active future indicative plural second-person)
serābunt (active future indicative plural third-person)
serāvī (active first-person indicative perfect singular)
serāvistī (active indicative perfect second-person singular)
serāvit (active indicative perfect singular third-person)
serāvimus (active first-person indicative perfect plural)
serāvistis (active indicative perfect plural second-person)
serāvērunt (active indicative perfect plural third-person)
serāvēre (active indicative perfect plural third-person)
serāveram (active first-person indicative pluperfect singular)
serāverās (active indicative pluperfect second-person singular)
serāverat (active indicative pluperfect singular third-person)
serāverāmus (active first-person indicative pluperfect plural)
serāverātis (active indicative pluperfect plural second-person)
serāverant (active indicative pluperfect plural third-person)
serāverō (active first-person future indicative perfect singular)
serāveris (active future indicative perfect second-person singular)
serāverit (active future indicative perfect singular third-person)
serāverimus (active first-person future indicative perfect plural)
serāveritis (active future indicative perfect plural second-person)
serāverint (active future indicative perfect plural third-person)
seror (first-person indicative passive present singular)
serāris (indicative passive present second-person singular)
serāre (indicative passive present second-person singular)
serātur (indicative passive present singular third-person)
serāmur (first-person indicative passive plural present)
serāminī (indicative passive plural present second-person)
serantur (indicative passive plural present third-person)
serābar (first-person imperfect indicative passive singular)
serābāris (imperfect indicative passive second-person singular)
serābāre (imperfect indicative passive second-person singular)
serābātur (imperfect indicative passive singular third-person)
serābāmur (first-person imperfect indicative passive plural)
serābāminī (imperfect indicative passive plural second-person)
serābantur (imperfect indicative passive plural third-person)
serābor (first-person future indicative passive singular)
serāberis (future indicative passive second-person singular)
serābere (future indicative passive second-person singular)
serābitur (future indicative passive singular third-person)
serābimur (first-person future indicative passive plural)
serābiminī (future indicative passive plural second-person)
serābuntur (future indicative passive plural third-person)
serem (active first-person present singular subjunctive)
serēs (active present second-person singular subjunctive)
seret (active present singular subjunctive third-person)
serēmus (active first-person plural present subjunctive)
serētis (active plural present second-person subjunctive)
serent (active plural present subjunctive third-person)
serārem (active first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
serārēs (active imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
serāret (active imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
serārēmus (active first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
serārētis (active imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
serārent (active imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
serāverim (active first-person perfect singular subjunctive)
serāverīs (active perfect second-person singular subjunctive)
serāverit (active perfect singular subjunctive third-person)
serāverīmus (active first-person perfect plural subjunctive)
serāverītis (active perfect plural second-person subjunctive)
serāverint (active perfect plural subjunctive third-person)
serāvissem (active first-person pluperfect singular subjunctive)
serāvissēs (active pluperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
serāvisset (active pluperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
serāvissēmus (active first-person pluperfect plural subjunctive)
serāvissētis (active pluperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
serāvissent (active pluperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
serer (first-person passive present singular subjunctive)
serēris (passive present second-person singular subjunctive)
serēre (passive present second-person singular subjunctive)
serētur (passive present singular subjunctive third-person)
serēmur (first-person passive plural present subjunctive)
serēminī (passive plural present second-person subjunctive)
serentur (passive plural present subjunctive third-person)
serārer (first-person imperfect passive singular subjunctive)
serārēris (imperfect passive second-person singular subjunctive)
serārēre (imperfect passive second-person singular subjunctive)
serārētur (imperfect passive singular subjunctive third-person)
serārēmur (first-person imperfect passive plural subjunctive)
serārēminī (imperfect passive plural second-person subjunctive)
serārentur (imperfect passive plural subjunctive third-person)
serā (active imperative present second-person singular)
serāte (active imperative plural present second-person)
serātō (active future imperative second-person singular)
serātō (active future imperative singular third-person)
serātōte (active future imperative plural second-person)
serantō (active future imperative plural third-person)
serāre (imperative passive present second-person singular)
serāminī (imperative passive plural present second-person)
serātor (future imperative passive second-person singular)
serātor (future imperative passive singular third-person)
serantor (future imperative passive plural third-person)
serāre (active infinitive present)
serāvisse (active infinitive perfect)
serātūrum esse (active future infinitive)
serārī (infinitive passive present)
serātum esse (infinitive passive perfect)
serātum īrī (future infinitive passive)
serāns (active participle present)
serātūrus (active future participle)
serātus (participle passive perfect)
serandus (future participle passive)
serandī (genitive gerund noun-from-verb)
serandō (dative gerund noun-from-verb)
serandum (accusative gerund noun-from-verb)
serandō (ablative gerund noun-from-verb)
serātum (accusative noun-from-verb supine)
serātū (ablative noun-from-verb supine)

Aragonese: zarrar

Asturian: zarrar

Dalmatian: seruar, inseruor

Friulian: sierâ

Galician: cerrar

Istriot: insierà

Italian: serrare

Old French: serrer

→ English: serry

French: serrer

Portuguese: cerrar

Romansch: serrar, sarar

Sicilian: sirrari

Spanish: cerrar

Venetian: serar, sarar

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


sero

dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of sērus


sero

la-adv

sērō (comparative sērius, superlative sērissimē)

sērō (canonical)
sērius (comparative)
sērissimē (superlative)


sero

dative/ablative singular of serum (“whey; serum”)

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.