sertum

Latin

Etymology

Nominalized neuter form of sertus (“bound, encircled”), from serō (“to bind, to encircle”).

Noun

sertum n (genitive sertī); second declension

1. (usually in the plural) Synonym of serta, wreath
   • 2010, Luigi Miraglia, Fabulae Syrae, Focus, page 92:

     Eorum inter ramos etiamnunc incolae illius loci florum serta ponere solent

     Even now the locals tend to put up wreaths of flowers between their branches.

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	sertum	serta
Genitive	sertī	sertōrum
Dative	sertō	sertīs
Accusative	sertum	serta
Ablative	sertō	sertīs
Vocative	sertum	serta

Descendants

• Italian: serto

Verb

sertum

1. accusative supine of serō

Participle

sertum

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

References

• “sertum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• sertum 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)
• sertum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.