[ˈsɛ.rũː], [ˈsɛː.rum]
OrigoFrom Proto-Italic *serom (“liquid”), from Proto-Indo-European *sér-o- (“flowing, liquid”), from *ser- (“to flow, run”); cognate with Sanskrit सर (sará, “flowing”), सार (sā́ra, “curd, cream”), सारण (sāraṇa, “flowing, buttermilk”), and Ancient Greek ὀρός (orós, “whey, curd, semen”).
- declension-2, neuterwhey
“Nec tibi cūra canum fuerit postrēma, sed ūnā
vēlōcis Spartae catulōs ācremque Molossum” — Nor let the concern for your dogs be the last, but in the same way
the brave Molossan and the whelps of the swift Spartan
feed with fat whey.
“Būbulī serum orthopnoicīs prōdest ante cētera additō nāsturtiō.” — Whey of cows is more beneficial to asthmatics than others when cress is added to it.
- broadly, declension-2, neutersome other watery liquid
“Quid dīcam, Gellī, quārē rosea ista labella
hībernā fīant candidiōra nive,
māne domō cum exīs et cum tē octāva quiēte
ē mollī longō suscitat hōra diē?
Nesciŏquid certest: an vērē fāma susurrat
grandia” — when you walk out of the house when the eighth hour
rouses you from soft rest in the long day?
Something's sure: perhaps your reputation whispers truthfully
that you devour the large protuberance of a
- form-of, neuter, nominative, singularnominative neuter singular of sērus
- form-of, genitive, pluralgenitive plural of Sērēs
Formaeserī(genitive) · serum(nominative, singular) · sera(nominative, plural) · serī(genitive, singular) · serōrum(genitive, plural) · serō(dative, singular) · serīs(dative, plural) · serum(accusative, singular) · sera(accusative, plural) · serō(ablative, singular) · serīs(ablative, plural) · serum(singular, vocative) · sera(plural, vocative) · serū(alternative) · sērum(canonical) · Sērum(canonical)