serta

See also: sertã and Sertã

Latin

Etymology

From serō (“to bind”).

Pronunciation

Noun

serta f (genitive sertae); first declension

  1. garland, festoon, wreath of flowers
    • 8 CE, Ovid, Fasti 5.219-220:
      ‘prōtinus accēdunt Charitēs nectuntque corōnās
      sertaque caelestēs implicitūra comās.’
      “Forthwith the Graces approach and weave chaplets
      and garland[s] to entwine [their] heavenly hair.”

      (The poetic voice is that of Flora (mythology).)

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative serta sertae
Genitive sertae sertārum
Dative sertae sertīs
Accusative sertam sertās
Ablative sertā sertīs
Vocative serta sertae

Participle

serta

  1. inflection of sertus:
    1. nominative/vocative feminine singular
    2. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural

Participle

sertā

  1. ablative feminine singular of sertus

References

  • “serta”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “serta”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • serta in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • serta in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
  • “serta”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • “serta”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

Malay

Pronunciation

Conjunction

serta (Jawi spelling سرتا‎)

  1. as well as, and

Synonyms

Verb

serta

  1. join

Further reading

West Makian

Etymology

From Malay serta.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈser̪.t̪a/

Conjunction

serta

  1. because, since
    Synonyms: amo, karena, sebap

References

  • Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours‎, Pacific linguistics
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