serotinus Latin · revision 10087

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Seneca|origins=ine-pro *seh₁-ro-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [seːˈroː.tɪ.nʊs]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [seˈrɔː.ti.nus]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''sērōtinus''' (feminine sērōtina, neuter sērōtinum); first/second-declension adjective^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is from the adverb [[sērō]] “late” with [[m|la|-tinus]], from [[sērus]] “late”.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline) De Vaan traces ⟨sērus⟩ to [[itc-pro|*sēro-|t=(too) late]], [[ine-pro|*seh₁-ro-|t=long-lasting; late]], cognate with [[sga|sír|t=lasting]] and [[cy|hir|t=long]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Köbler's earliest source is Seneca.^(Köbler 2010) Köbler dates Seneca 4 BC–65 AD.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant coming or happening late, belated, deferred, and of plants late-flowering, late-ripening, and Lewis & Short note it as an agricultural term of the Augustan period for the classical ⟨sērus⟩.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it means late.^(Stelten 1995) Medieval Latin used it for “of the evening”, and the neuter for evening.^(Niermeyer 1976) It survives as Spanish ''serondo'' and Portuguese ''serôdio'', and English ''serotine'' (1590s) is from it through French.^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 4 BC–65 AD – Seneca uses it.^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 1590s – English ''serotine'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # [[m|en|late|alt=Late]], belated, deferred.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ # Late-flowering, late-ripening.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(DMLBS)

+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' Of the [[m|en|evening]].^(Niermeyer 1976)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[sērus]]

+ * [[sērō]]

+ * [[en|serotine]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}