sertum
Latin
    
    Etymology
    
Nominalized neuter form of sertus (“bound, encircled”), from serō (“to bind, to encircle”).
Noun
    
sertum n (genitive sertī); second declension
- (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
Participle
    
sertum
- inflection of sertus:
- nominative/accusative/vocative neuter singular
- 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.
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