(adverb) : sērō, , v. serus
* Fin.

(verb) : sēro, āvi, ātum, 1, sera
* To fasten with a bolt, to bar: praeda nullo obstaculo serata, Ven. Fort. Vit. S. Menard. 6; cf. Prisc. p. 837 P.

(verb) : sĕro (ui), tum, 3, Sanscr. sarat, thread; Gr. σειρά, rope; cf.: εἴρω, ἕρμα, ὅρμος; Lat. series, servus
* To join or bind together, to plait, interweave, entwine, etc.
* Lit. (so only in part. perf.): accipiunt sertas nardo florente coronas,Luc. 10, 164; Cypr. Ep. 4, 3: flores,App. M. 4, p. 156, 4; 10, p. 254, 38: rosa,id. ib. 2, p. 121, 131: loricae,linked,Nep. Iph. 1 fin.; cf. Serv. Verg. A. 1, 421.
* Subst.: serta, ōrum, n., wreaths of flowers, garlands (freq. and class.): arae sertis recentibus halant,Verg. A. 1, 417: coronae, serta,Plaut. As. 4, 1, 58; Lucr. 4, 1128; 4, 1174; Cic. Tusc. 3, 18, 43; id. Cat. 2, 5, 10; Cat. 6, 8; Verg. E. 6, 16; Tib. 1, 1, 12; 1, 2, 14; 1, 7, 52 et saep. al.—Rarely in sing.: roseo Venus aurea serto,Aus. Idyll. 6, 88.—Collat. form serta, ae, f. (sc. corona): cum tua praependent demissae in pocula sertae,Prop. 2, 33 (3, 31), 37; id. et Corn. Sev. ap. Charis. p. 83 P.
* Trop., to join, connect, interweave; to combine, compose, contrive (class. but rare; syn.: jungo, cieo, instruo): seritote diem concorditer ambo, i. e. alternate according to the succession (in the government), Enn. ap. Charis. p. 177 P. (Ann. v. 110 Vahl.): ex aeternitate causa causam serens,joining in order, following,Cic. Fat. 12, 27: cujus (fati) lege immobilis rerum humanarum ordo seritur,is arranged, disposed,Liv. 25, 6: bella ex bellis serendo,by joining war to war,Sall. H. 4, 61, 20 Dietsch: tumultum ex tumultu, bellum ex bello serunt,id. ib. 1, 48, 7 ib.; cf. Liv. 21, 10; cf.: certamina cum Patribus,to join, engage in,id. 2, 1; so, certamina,id. 27, 12; 27, 41; 40, 48: crebra proelia,Tac. H. 5, 11: quod mihi servus sermonem serat, joins speech, i. e. bandies words with me, Plaut. Curc. 1, 3, 37; cf. id. Mil. 3, 1, 106: multa inter sese vario sermone serebant,Verg. A. 6, 160; Stat. Achill. 2, 38, id. Th. 6, 941: aliquid sermonibus occultis,Liv. 3, 43; 7, 39; 33, 32: secreta colloquia cum eo,id. 34, 61: populares orationes,to put together, compose,id. 10, 19; cf.: (Livius) ab saturis ausus est primus argumento fabulam serere,id. 7, 2, 8: quid seris fando moras?why are you contriving?Sen. Med. 281: negotium,to make, prepare,Plaut. Most. 5, 1, 51: crimina belli,Verg. A. 7, 339.

(verb) : sĕro, sēvi, sătum, 3, for seso, root sa-; Gr. σάω, σήθω, to sift
* To sow, plant (freq. and class.; syn.: planto, semino, consero).
* Lit., with acc., either of the plant, seed, etc., sown, or of the land cultivated: ubi tempus erit, effodito seritoque recte ... Quae diligentius seri voles, in calicibus seri oportet,Cato, R. R. 133, 2: serendum viciam, lentem, cicerculam, etc., Varr. R. R. 1, 32, 2: oleam et vitem,Cic. Rep. 3, 9, 16: frumenta,Caes. B. G. 5, 14: ut tantum decumae sit, quantum severis: hoc est, ut quot jugera sint sata, totidem medimna decumae debeantur,Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 47, § 112: agri molliti et oblimati ad serendum,id. N. D. 2, 52, 130: serit arbores, quae alteri saeculo prosint, Caecil. ap. Cic. Tusc. 1, 14, 31; Cic. Sen. 7, 24; 17, 59: nullam sacrā vite prius severis arborem,Hor. C. 1, 18, 1; cf. id. ib. 3, 10, 6: semina,Verg. G. 1, 193: surculos, Auct. ap. Cic. de Or. 2, 69, 278: aliquid in inculto et derelicto solo,Cic. Brut. 4, 16: iste serendus ager,Ov. A. A. 2, 668: sulcos,Tib. 2, 3, 70: vera ratio serendi,Plin. 18, 25, 60, § 224.—Freq. in part. perf.: multa erant inter eum locum manu sata,Caes. B. C. 3, 44: saepe satas alio vidi traducere messes,Verg. E. 8, 99; id. G. 3, 176.—Hence, subst.: săta, ōrum, n., standing corn, crops, Verg. E. 3, 82; id. G. 1, 325; id. A. 2, 306; 12, 454; Ov. M. 1, 286; Plin. 16, 25, 39, § 94; Pall. 1, 43.—Prov.: mihi istic nec seritur nec metitur,i. e. I have no benefit from it, it's nothing to me,Plaut. Ep. 2, 2, 80.
* Transf., of persons, to beget, bring forth, produce; only in part. perf. in pass. sense, begotten, sprung forth, born, etc.: Tertullae nollem abortum: tam enim Cassii sunt jam quam Bruti serendi,Cic. Att. 14, 20, 2; id. Leg. 1, 8, 24: non temere nec fortuito sati et creati sumus,id. Tusc. 1, 49, 118; cf. id. ib. 1, 25, 60; id. Univ. 12, 35: hic satus ad pacem,Prop. 3, 9, 19.—With ex: ex Tantalo ortus Pelops, ex Pelope autem satus Atreus, Poët. ap. Quint. 9, 3, 57.— With de: Ilia cum Lauso de Numitore sati,Ov. F. 4, 54.—With ab: largo satos Curetas ab imbri,Ov. M. 4, 282.—With simple abl. (so most freq.): Camertem Magnanimo Volscente satum,Verg. A. 10, 562: sole satus Phaëthon,Ov. M. 1, 751: sata Tiresiā Manto,id. ib. 6, 157 et saep.: sate sanguine divum,sprung from,Verg. A. 6, 125: non sanguine humano sed stirpe divinā satum se esse,Liv. 38, 58, 7: o sate gente deum,Verg. A. 8, 36: matre satos unā,Ov. M. 5, 141; so, matre,id. F. 3, 799; Nereide,id. M. 12, 93; cf.: Bacchum vocant satumque iterum solumque bimatrem,id. ib. 4, 12.— Hence, satus (sata) aliquo, for a son (or daughter) of any one: satus Anchisa,i. e. Aeneas,Verg. A. 5, 244; 5, 424; 6, 331; 7, 152: Hammone satus,i. e. Iarbas,id. ib. 4, 198: satae Peliā,Ov. M. 7, 322: sati Curibus,sprung from, natives of Cures,id. ib. 14, 778.
* Trop., to sow the seeds of any thing, to found, establish, to scatter, disseminate, propagate, produce, to cause, occasion, excite, etc.: leges, instituta, rem publicam,Cic. Tusc. 1, 14, 31: diuturnam rem publicam,to found, establish,id. Rep. 2, 3, 5: mores,id. Leg. 1, 6, 20: aere vulnera vasta serebant,scattered,Lucr. 5, 1290; so, vulnera pugnantis tergo,Sil. 5, 235: lites,Plaut. Poen. 3, 2, 10: negotium,id. Most. 5, 1, 51; cf.: (Hamilcar) Romanum sevit puerili in pectore bellum,Sil. 1, 80: civiles discordias,Liv. 3, 40, 10: causam discordiarum,Suet. Calig. 26: crimina in senatum apud infimae plebis homines,Liv. 24, 23 fin.: invidiam in alios,Tac. H. 2, 86: rumores,Verg. A. 12, 228; Curt. 8, 9, 1: opinionem,Just. 8, 3, 8: sibi causas sollicitudinum,Sen. Ep. 104, 12.