(adj.adv.adv.adv.adv.) : sērus, a, um, adj.cf. series; Sanscr. sărat, thread; that which is long drawn out
* 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 v.the foll. under sup.—Comp. (rare; not in Cic. or Caes.; 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.
* Poet.
* 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.
* Substt. ‡
* Sēra, ae, f. (sc. hora), a late hour, the evening hour, ἑσπέρα, sera, vespra, crepusculum, Gloss. Vet.
* 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.
* 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.
* Sēră, late (poet. and very rare): sera comans Narcissus,late in flowering,Verg. G. 4, 122.
* (Acc. to I.) Late.
* Sērō.
* (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; Cic. 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.
* 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).