(adjective) : sērōtĭnus, a, um, 4. sero, econom. t. t. of the Aug. period, for the class. serus.
* Lit., that comes or happens late, late-ripe, late, backward: sementis (opp. festinata),Plin. 18, 24, 56, § 204: pira,id. 15, 15, 17, § 58: ficus,id. 15, 18, 19, § 71; Pall. Mart. 10, 31: flos,Plin. 21, 10, 32, § 58: pulli,Col. 8, 5, 24: hiemes (opp. tempestiva frigora),Plin. 17, 2, 2, § 16: aquae (opp. tempestivae),id. 17, 2, 2, § 17: situs,id. 17, 11, 16, § 79: loca (opp. praecocia),id. 18, 24, 54, § 196: imber serotinus,the later rainy season,Vulg. Deut. 11, 14; id. Osee, 6, 3.
* Esp., in the evening (cf. serus, I. B.): matutinus et serotinus imber,Vulg. Joel, 2, 23.—*
* Transf., in gen.: raptor (puellae),stealing late,Sen. Decl. 3, 21 fin.