LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininefirst declension

sera

sera f (genitive serae)
Classical[ˈsɛ.ra]Ecclesiastical[ˈsɛː.ra]

Meaning

  1. femininea bar or bolt for fastening doors

Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers

ferrum vel lignum, quō iānua intus clauditur
sera -ae (f) — in Metamorphoses I, ch. 16

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativeseraserae
genitiveseraeserārum
dativeseraeserīs
accusativeseramserās
ablativeserāserīs
vocativeseraserae

sĕra, ae, f. 2. sero,
I. a bar for fastening doors (not fixed to the door, but put on and taken off): sera, μοχλὸς θύρας, Gloss. (mostly poet.; not in Cic.; cf.: claustrum, obex): quā (serā) remotā fores panduntur, Varr. L. L. 7, § 108 Müll.: jam contigerat portam, Saturnia cujus Dempserat oppositas insidiosa seras, Ov. F. 1, 266: sera suā sponte delapsa cecidit, remissaeque subito fores admiserunt intrantem, Petr. 16, 2: seris transversis ita clathrare (vacerras), ne, etc., Col. 9, 1, 4.—Sing., Plaut. Pers. 4, 4, 23: clauditur et durā janua fulta serā, Tib. 1, 2, 6; 1, 8, 76: obducere seram, Prop. 4 (5), 5, 48. ponere seram, Ov. A. A. 2, 636; id. M. 14, 710: demere seram, id. F. 1, 280: excutere poste seram, id. Am. 1, 6, 24: carmine vincitur sera, id. ib. 2, 1, 28; Juv. 6, 347.— Plur., Ov. M. 8, 630; Sen. Ep. 90, 8; Petr. 16, 2.

Origins

From serō (“to bind”) + -a. Compare perhaps similar instument nouns such as serra and traha.

Descendants
  • Italiansaracinesca
  • Dalmatiansaira
  • Galicianserra

Quick answers

What does sera mean in Latin?
sera, a noun, means “a bar or bolt for fastening doors”.
What is the genitive of sera?
The genitive singular is serae. sera is feminine, first declension.
How do you pronounce sera?
In classical Latin, [ˈsɛ.ra]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈsɛː.ra].